Social Security Act (Cap. 318), article 113

113. (1) An inspector appointed under the foregoing article shall, for the purposes of the execution of this Act, have the power to do all or any of the fo llowing things, namely: (a) to enter without previous not ice at all reasonable times any premises or place where he has reasonable grounds for supposing that there are persons who are in insurable employment or self-occupied; (b) to make such examination and inquiry as may be expedient for ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act are being or have been complied with in any such premises or place, or for investigating the circumstances in which any injury or disease which has given rise to a claim for benefit, pension, allowance or assistance, was or may have been received or contracted; (c) to examine, either alone or in the presence of any other person, as he thinks fit, with respect to any matters under this Act on which he may reasonably require information, any person whom he finds in any such premises or place, or whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be or to have been an employed person or a self-occupied person, and to require every such person to be so examined; (d) to exercise such other powers as may be necessary for carrying this Act into effect. (2) Where any premises or place is under the control of a government department, the Director may make special arrangements with that departmen t regarding inspections as to m eet the circumstan ces of the case. (3) The occupier of any such premises or place, and any other person who is or has been employing any person, and the servant s and agents of any such occupier or other person, and any employ ed person shall furnish to an inspector all such information and s hall produce for inspection all such documents as the inspector may reasonably require. (4) If any person - (a) wilfully delays or obstructs an inspector in the exercise of any power under this article; or (b) refuses or neglects to answer any question or to furnish any information or to produce any document when required to do so under this article; or (c) conceals or tries to conceal any person or prevents or tries to prevent any person from appearing before or SOCIAL SECURITY [CAP. 318. 113 being examined by an inspector, shall on conviction, without prejudice to any higher punishment to which he may be liable under any other law, be liable to a fine (multa ) o f n o t l e s s t h a n t w o h u n d r e d a n d t h i r t y - t w o e u r o a n d ninety-four cents (232.94). (5) Every inspector shall be furnished with a certificate of his appointment signed by the Director and in carrying out any of h is functions under this Act shall, i f so required, produce the sai d certificate. (6) An inspector shall not have any direct o r indirect interest in any undertaking which may be subject to inspection by him; shal l not reveal at any time, even after ceasing to be an inspector, any manufacturing or commercial information or working processes which come to his knowledge in the course of his duties; shall not divulge the source of any compla int bringing to his notice a de fault under, or a breach of, the provisions of this Act; and shall no t in any case inform the employer or t he self-employed or self-occup ied person concerned or their representatives that a visit of inspe ction was made as a conseque nce of the receipt of such a complaint. Cap. 9. (7) Any inspector who contravenes the provisions of the foregoing sub-article shall, in addition to the punishment to w hich he may be liable under article 133 of the Criminal Code , be also liable to dismissal ipso facto from his employment with Government. Social Security Account. Amended by: XVI. 1989.21; XVI. 1990.45. Re-numbered by: XXIV . 1993.2. Amended by: XXI.1996.54; XVI. 1997.8. Cap. 601.