Shops (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1938
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Powers of inspector of the Minister under Parts I, II, III and IV. |
10.—(1) An inspector may, for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of Parts I , II , III and IV of this Act do all or any of the following things, that is to say:— | |
(a) enter at all reasonable times any shop or part thereof; | ||
(b) require the proprietor of such shop or the representative of such proprietor to produce to him any records which such proprietor is required by a records order to keep, and inspect and take copies of entries in such records. | ||
(2) If any person— | ||
(a) obstructs or impedes an inspector in the exercise of any of the powers conferred on such inspector by this section, or | ||
(b) refuses to produce any record which an inspector law-fully requires him to produce, or | ||
(c) produces or causes to be produced or knowingly allows to be produced to an inspector any record which is false in any material respect knowing the same to be false, | ||
such person shall be guilty of an offence under this section. | ||
(3) In this section the word “inspector” means a person appointed by the Minister to exercise the powers conferred on an inspector by this section. |