Section 22 — Obstructions. | The Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) Act,1970 (CENTRAL ACT)

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22. Obstructions.—(1) Whoever obstructs an inspector in the discharge of his duties under this Act 

or refuses or wilfully neglects to afford the inspector any reasonable facility for making any inspection, 

examination, inquiry or investigation authorised by or under this Act in relation to an establishment to 

which, or a contractor to whom, this Act applies, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which 

may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. 

(2) Whoever wilfully refuses to produce on the demand of an inspector any register or other 

document kept in pursuance of this Act or prevents or attempts to prevent or does anything which he has 

reason to believe is likely to prevent any person from appearing before or being examined by an inspector 

acting in pursuance of his duties under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which 

may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.

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Section 1 · Short title, extent, commencement and application.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Central Advisory Board.Section 4 · State Advisory Board.Section 5 · Power to constitute committees.Section 6 · Appointment of registering officers.Section 7 · Registration of certain establishments.Section 8 · Revocation of registration in certain cases.

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