law: Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
  9. Inspectors 
  (1) The appropriate government may, by
  
  notification, appoint such persons as it may think fit to be inspectors for the
  
  purpose of making an investigation as to whether the provisions of this Act, or
  
  the rules made thereunder, are being complied with by employers, and may define
  
  the local limits within which an inspector may make such investigation.
  (2) Every inspector shall be deemed to be a
  
  public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
  
  1860).
  (3) An inspector may, at any place within the
  
  local limits of his jurisdiction- 
  (a) enter, at any
  
  reasonable time, with such assistance as he thinks fit, any building, factory, premises
  
  or vessel;
  (b) require any
  
  employer to produce any register, muster-roll or other documents relating to
  
  the employment of workers, and examine such documents;
  (c) take, on the spot
  
  or otherwise, the evidence of any person for the purpose of ascertaining
  
  whether the provisions of this Act are being, or have been, complied with;
  (d) examine the
  
  employer, his agent or servant or any other person found in charge of the
  
  establishment or any premises connected therewith or any person whom the inspector
  
  has reasonable cause to believe to be, or to have been a worker in the
  
  establishment;
  (e) make copies, or
  
  take extracts from, any register or other document maintained in relation to
  
  the establishment under this Act.
  (4) Any person required by an inspector to
  
  produce any register or other document or to give any information shall comply
  
  with such requisition.