Section 15. An Inspector may, subject to such restrictions or conditions as may be prescribed, exercise all or any of the following powers, namely:

(5) Any amount payable under this section shall be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue. Forfeiture of 18. If a woman works in any establishment after she has been maternity benefit. permitted by her employer to absent herself under the provisions of section 6 for any period during such authorised absence, she shall forfeit her claim to the maternity benefit for such period. Abstract of 19. An abstract of the provisions of this Act and the rules made Act and thereunder in the language or languages of the locality shall be rules thereunder to be exhibited in a conspicuous place by the employer in every part of exhibited. the establishment in which women are employed. 45 •( il<«. SEC. 1J THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY (4) The decision of the prescribed authority where an appeal has been preferred to it under sub-section (3) or of the Inspector where no such appeal has been preferred, shall be final. (3) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Inspector under sub-section (2) may, within thirty days from the date on which such decision is communicated to such person, appeal to the prescribed authority. (2) The Inspector may, of his own motion or on receipt of a complaint referred to in sub-section (1), make an inquiry or cause an inquiry to be made and if satisfied that payment has been wrongfully withheld, may direct the payment to be made in accordance with his orders. 15. An Inspector may, subject to such restrictions or conditions as may be prescribed, exercise all or any of the following powers, namely:— (a) enter at all reasonable times with such assistants, if any, being persons in the service of the Government or any local or other public authority, as he thinks fit, any premises or place where women are employed or work is given to them In an establishment, for the purposes of examining any registers, records and notices required to be kept or exhibited by or under this Act and require their production for inspection; (b) examine any person whom he finds in any premises or place and who, he has reasonable cause to believe, is employed in the establishment: [o dcduclon of vagesin :ertain mta. Vppointnent of inspectors. Jowcrs and luties of inspectors. 650 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II Provided that no person shall be compelled under this section to answer any question or give any evidence tending to incriminate himself; (c) require the employer to give information regarding the names and addresses of women employed, payments made to them, and applications or notices received from them under this Act; and (d) take copies of any registers and records or notices or any portions thereof. Inspectors 16. Every Inspector appointed under this Act shall be deemed to to be public servants. be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. Power of 17. (1) Any woman claiming that maternity benefit or any other Inspector to amount to which she is entitled under this Act and any person claim- direct payment* to be Ing that payment due under section 7 has been improperly withheld made. may make a complaint to the Inspector.