Clause 12

by deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) The Commissioner or any investigating officer shall, for the purposes of this Act, have power to do all or any of the following:

enter without previous notice at any reasonable time any place of employment for the purposes of conducting any audits which is deemed necessary by the Minister, or make such inquiry into the terms and conditions of employment of any employee as he may think fit;

examine orally any person supposed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances relevant to carrying out the provision of this Act, and reduce into writing the answer given or statement made by the person who shall be bound to state truly the facts and circumstances with which he is acquainted, and the statement made by the person shall be read over to him and shall, after correction, be signed by him;

require the employer to produce before him any other employee employed by the employer together with any contract of service or other document concerning the employment;

make copies of any document required to be produced under paragraph (c);

take or remove for purposes of investigations any document;

take such photographs or audio or video recording, as the Commissioner or investigating officer thinks necessary, of the premises and persons reasonably believed to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances relevant to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act;

require any person to produce any article which is relevant to any investigation carried out under this Act and, if necessary, to take into custody any such article.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “Powers of” in the section heading, the words “Commissioner and”.