21. inspection
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The Commissioner or any person authorized by the Commissioner in writing in that behalf may—
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the person for a time being holding the office of Commissioner of Labour and includes a person for the time being holding the office of Deputy or Assistant Commissioner of Labour;
for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provi-sions of this Act and any regulation made there-under are complied with, enter and inspect, at all reasonable hours of the day or night, the pre-mises in which the business of a foreign employ-ment agency is carried on by a licensee ; and
inspect, and take copies of, any records required by or under this Act or any regulation made there-under to be kept in respect of that business.
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Every person who obstructs or delays the Commis-sioner or any person authorized by him in that behalf in the exercise of any power conferred by subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.