law: Environment (Protection) Act, 1986  
  10. Power of Entry and Inspection
  (1) Subject to the provisions of this section,
  
  any person empowered by the Central Government 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 Central Government 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 equipment, industrial plant,
  
  record, register, document or any other material object or for conducting a
  
  search of any building in which he has reason to believe that an offence under
  
  this Act or the rules made thereunder has been or is
  
  being or is about to be committed and for seizing any such 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 
  
  or that such seizure is necessary to prevent or mitigate environmental
  
  pollution.
  (2) Every person carrying on any industry, 
  
  operation or process or handling any hazardous substance shall be bound to 
  
  render all assistance to the person empowered by the Central Government 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 Central Government under sub-section (1)
  
  in the performance of his functions, 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.