Section 24
Section 24 of the Assam Shops and Establishment Act, 2022. . The State Government may prescribe a scheme for random inspection of shops and establishments which may provide for generation of a web based Inspection Schedule.
(1). The State Government may prescribe a scheme for random inspection of shops and establishments which may provide for generation of a web based Inspection Schedule.
(2) Every Chief Facilitator and Facilitator appointed under section 23 shall be deemed to be public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and shall be officially subordinate to such authority as the Government may specify in this behalf. Central Act No.45 of 1860 (3) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, the Facilitator may, within the local limits for which he is appointed- (i) advice the employers and workers and provide them such information as may be considered necessary for complying with the provisions of this Act effectively;
(ii) inspect the shops or establishments in accordance with the scheme for inspection referred to in sub-section (1) above, and may- (a) enter at all reasonable time and with such assistants, if any, being persons in the service of the Government or of any local authority as he thinks fit, any place which is or which he has reason to believe is a shop or establishment;
(b) make such examination of the premises and of any prescribed registers, records and notices, and take on the spot or otherwise evidence of any persons as he may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act;
(c) examine any person who is found in any premises of the shop or establishment and whom, the Facilitator has reasonable cause to believe, is a worker of the shop or establishment;
(d) require any person to give any information, which is in his possession with respect to the names and addresses of the persons;
(e) search, seize or take copies of such register, record of wages or notices or portions thereof as he may consider relevant in respect of an offence under this Act and which he has reason to believe has been committed by the employer; r (f) bring to the notice of the Government defects found during inspection; and (g) exercise such other powers, as may be prescribed:
Provided that, no person shall be compelled under this section to answer any question or give any evidence founding to indiscriminate himself.
(4) Any person required to produce any document or to give any information required by Chief Facilitator or the Facilitator appointed under section 23 shall be deemed to be legally bound to do so within the meaning of sections 175 and 176 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Central Act No.45 of 1860 (5) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall, so far as may be, apply to the search or seizure under sub-clause (e) of clause (ii) of sub-section (2) as they apply to the search or seizure made under the authority of a warrant issued under section 94 of the said Code. en code Central Act No.2 of 1974 CHAPTER VII RECORDS AND RETURNS Maintenance of Registers and Returns
Section 24, The Assam Shops and Establishment Act, 2022 (Act 3 of 2025).
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Questions about Section 24
How do I find court cases under Section 24 of the Assam Shops and Establishment Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Assam Shops and Establishment Act 24, section 24 Assam Shops and Establishment Act, section 24 of the Assam Shops and Establishment Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 24 of the Assam Shops and Establishment Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 23, Indian Penal Code 21 ("Public servant"), Indian Penal Code 175 (Omission to produce document to public servant by person legally bound to produce it), Indian Penal Code 176 (Omission to give notice or information to public servant by person legally bound to give it), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.
When was the Assam Shops and Establishment Act enacted?
Assam Shops and Establishment Act was enacted in 2025 as Act 3 of 2025. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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