Section 16: Power to obtain information

(1) For the purposes of carrying out the functions conferred on the Commission under this Act, the executive secretary or any other officer authorised in that behalf-
(a) shall have a right of access to all the records of any institution to which this Act applies; and
(b) may by notice in writing served on any person in charge of such institution, require that person to furnish information on such matters as may be specified in that notice.
(2) It shall be the duty of any person required to furnish information pursuant to subsection (1) of this section to comply with the notice within a reasonable period of time.
(3) In this section, the reference to an institution to which this Act applies is a reference to any regular school established for nomadic people.