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National Gem And Jewellery Authority Act (No. 50 of 1993) - Sect 48

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48.
(1) Any authorized officer may
(a) for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Act are complied with, enter and inspect any place in which the gem industry is being carried on under the authority of a licence issued under this Act;
(b) enter and inspect any place, where he has reason to believe that the gem industry is being carried on without the authority of a licence issued under this Act;
(c) stop, enter and inspect any vehicle or vessel, in which he has reason to believe any gem is being transported or exported, as the case may be, in contravention of the provisions of this Act or any regulation made thereunder ;
(d) examine any books, registers or records maintained under this Act, and make extracts or copies therefrom;
(e) search any person on any such premises, vehicle or vessel where he has reason to believe that such person has gems secreted about his person:
(f) interrogate any person in any such premises or in any such vehicle or vessel.
(2) Every person who obstructs or resists such officer in the exercise of any power conferred on him by subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction after summary trial by a Magistrate be liable to a fine not less than one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not less than six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

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