32. Powers of search
Feedback & supportA protector or the Commissioner or any officer generally or specially authorised in that behalf in writing by a protector or the Commissioner may enter, and for that purpose may use force if necessary, and search any vessel, house, building, land, enclosure or other place where he has reasonable cause to suspect that an offence under this Act or any rules made thereunder has been or is being committed.
protector
“protector” includes the Director of Social Welfare, Assistant Directors of Social Welfare and such other persons as the President may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be vested with all or any of the powers conferred and the duties imposed upon a protector by this Act or by any rules made thereunder;
Any person who obstructs or hinders or attempts to obstruct or hinder a protector or the Commissioner or any such officer as aforesaid in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section shall be guilty of an offence.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Labour, and includes a Deputy Commissioner for Labour, an Assistant or Principal Assistant Commissioner for Labour, and such other persons as the President may, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be vested with all or any of the powers conferred and the duties imposed upon the Commissioner by this Act or by any rules made thereunder;