law: Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
  24. Power of Entry and Inspection.
  (1)
  
  Subject to the provisions of this section, any person empowered by a State
  
  Board in this behalf shall have a right to enter, at all reasonable times with
  
  such assistance as he considers necessary, any place -
  (a) for the purpose of performing any of the functions of
  
  the State Board entrusted to him;
  (b) for the purpose of determining whether and if so in
  
  what manner, any such functions are to be performed or whether any provisions
  
  of this Act or the rules made thereunder or any notice, order, direction or authorization
  
  served, made, given or granted under this Act is being or has been complied
  
  with;
  
  
  (c) for the purpose of examining and testing any control equipment, industrial
  
  plant, record, register, document or any other material object or for
  
  conducting a search of any place in which he has reason to believe that an
  
  offence under this Act or the rules made thereunder has been or is about to be
  
  committed and for seizing any such control equipment, industrial plant, record,
  
  register, document or other material object if he has reasons to believe that
  
  it may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence punishable under this
  
  Act or the rules made thereunder.
  (2)
  
  Every person operating any control equipment or any industrial plant, in an air
  
  pollution control area shall be bound to render all assistance to the person
  
  empowered by the State Board under sub-section (1) for carrying out the functions
  
  under that sub-section and if he fails to do so without any reasonable cause or
  
  excuse, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
  (3)
  
  If any person willfully delays or obstructs any person empowered by the State
  
  Board under sub-section (1) in the discharge of his duties, he shall be guilty
  
  of an offence under this Act.
  (4)
  
  The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), or, in
  
  relation to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, or any area in which that Code is
  
  not in force, the provisions of any corresponding law in force in that State or
  
  area, shall, so far as may be, apply to any search or seizure under this
  
  section as they apply to any search or seizure made under the authority of a
  
  warrant issued under Section 94 of the said Code or, as the case may be, under
  
  the corresponding provisions of the said law.