Section 6: Appointment and powers of inspectors

(1)
There may from time to time be appointed inspectors for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
Any inspector appointed under this Act shall, for the purposes of the execution of this Act, have power to do the following things, that is to say-
(a)
to enter, inspect and examine by day or by night any premises or place, when he has reasonable cause to believe that workers are employed therein;
(b)
to take with him a police officer if he has reasonable cause to apprehend any serious obstruction in the execution of his duty;
(c)
to require the production of registers, certificates, notices and documents kept in pursuance of this Act and to inspect, examine and copy any of them;
(d)
to make such examination and inquiry as may be necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act are complied with; and
(e)
to examine any person either alone or in the presence of any other person as he thinks fit, with respect to matters under this Act, and to require every such person to sign a declaration of the truth of the matters respecting which he is so examined; so, however, that no one shall be required under this provision to answer any question or to give any evidence tending to incriminate himself.
(3)
Every occupier of such premises or place, his agents and servants shall, where necessary, furnish the means required by the inspector for the purposes of such entry, inspection, examination or inquiry, or otherwise for the due exercise of his powers under this Act.
(4)
If any person wilfully delays an inspector in the exercise of any power under this section, or fails to comply with the requisition of an inspector in pursuance of this section or to produce any register, certificate, notice or document which he is required by or in pursuance of this Act to produce, or wilfully withholds any information as to who is the occupier of any premises or place, or conceals or prevents, or attempts to conceal or prevent, a person from appearing before or being examined by an inspector, that person shall be deemed to obstruct an inspector in the execution of his duties under the provisions of this Act.
(5)
Where an inspector is obstructed in the execution of his powers or duties under the provisions of this Act, the person obstructing him shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty naira or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month, or to both such fine and such imprisonment; and where the inspector is obstructed in any premises or place, the occupier of the premises or place shall be guilty of an offence.
(6)
For the purposes of this section -
"document" has the meaning assigned by section 463 of the Criminal Code;
"premises" means any building or other erection used for the purpose of business, but does not include a dwelling used exclusively for residential purposes.