Section 5 — Powers of entry, examination, taking evidence, etc.

5. Powers of entry, examination, taking evidence, etc.- (1) Subject 

to any rules made by the State Government, any officer authorised in this 

behalf by that Government may, if he has reason to believe that any person, 

has contravened any of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 within 

the local limits for which he is so authorised,- 

(a)  enter with such assistance (if any), being persons in the 

service of the State Government, as he thinks fit, any place; 

(b)  make such examination of the place and of any machinery, 

books or documents therein and take on the spot or elsewhere 

such evidence of any persons as he may deem necessary for 

carrying out the purposes of this Act; and 

(c)  exercise such other powers as may be necessary for carrying 

out the purposes of this Act: 

Provided that no one shall be required under this section to answer 

any question or give any evidence tending to incriminate himself. 

(2) Whoever wilfully obstructs an officer authorised under sub-



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section (1) in the exercise of any power conferred by that sub-section, or fails 

to produce on demand any book or documents in his custody or to comply 

with any demand for information or knowingly or recklessly makes to such 

officer a statement false in any material particular shall be punishable with 

imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine or with 

both.