Section 15: Designation of inspecting officer

(1) The Council may designate as an inspector, any person (whether or not a member of the public service of the Federation) who possesses such qualifications and fulfils such requirements, if any, as may be prescribed and shall furnish to every such person so designated a certificate of designation.
(2) An inspecting officer may, in the course of his duty, at any reasonable time and on production of his certificate of designation if so required-
(a) enter (if need be by force) any premises for the purposes of conducting an investigation;
(b) examine or take samples or specimens of any goods or product;
(c) open and examine, whilst on the premises, any container or package which he reasonably believes may help him in his investigation;
(d) examine any book, document or other records found on the premises which he reasonably believes may contain any information relevant to the enforcement of this Act or the regulations made thereunder and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom;
(e) seize and detain for such time as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, any article or goods by means of or in relation to which he reasonably believes any provision of this Act or the regulations has been contravened.
(3)
The owner or person in charge of any premises entered into by an inspecting officer pursuant to this section and every person found therein, shall give all reasonable assistance to the inspecting officer and shall make available to the inspecting officer all such information as the inspecting officer may reasonably require for the purposes of this Act.
(4)
Any article or good seized under this Act shall be kept or stored in such a place as the inspecting officer may direct and shall he returned to the owner or the person from whom it was seized if the article or good upon analysis or examination is found not to have contravened the provisions of this Act.