314. An inspector, or any person having the powers of an inspector, may-
| (a) go on board any ship, Ceylon or foreign, and inspect such ship or any part thereof, or any of the machinery, boats, equipment or articles on board thereof to which the provisions of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder apply, not unnecessarily detaining or delaying such ship from sailing on any voyage; |
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| (b) enter and inspect any premises the entry or inspection of which appears to him to be requisite for the purpose of the report which he is directed to make; |
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| (c) by summons under his hand require the attendance of all such persons as he thinks fit to call before him and examine for the purpose of his report; |
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| (d) require answers or returns to any inquiries which he thinks fit to make; |
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| (e) require and enforce the production of all books, papers and documents which he considers important for the purpose of his report; |
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| (f) administer oaths or, in lieu of requiring or administering an oath, require a person examined by him to make and subscribe a declaration of the truth of the statements made by him in his examination. |
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