Section 14. (1) An Inspector of Factories appointed under inspectors sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Factor

14. (1) An Inspector of Factories appointed under inspectors sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Factories Act, 1934, shall be an Inspector for the purposes of this Act in respect of all factories within the local limits assigned to him. (2) The Governor General in Council may appoint Inspectors for the purposes of this Act in respect of all persons employed upon a railway (otherwise than in a factory) to whom this Act applies. (3) The Local Government may, by notification in the local official Gazette, appoint such other persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the purposes of this Act, and may define the local limits within which and the class of factories and industrial establishments in respect of which they shall exercise their functions. (4) An Inspector may, at all reasonable hours, enter on any premises, and make such examination of any register or document relating to the calculation or payment of wages and take on the spot or otherwise such evidence of any person, and exercise such other powers of inspection, as he may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (5) Every Inspector shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code.