Section 9: Enforcement staff.

(1) Subject to this Act, the Executive Secretary of the Board shall have the duty of supervising the enforcement of the orders of the Board.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, public officers may be appointed by the Minister to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act and when so appointed shall be designated in such manner as may from time to time be approved by the Board.
(3) Every Secretary of a local government shall be ex-officio an inspector (designated in such manner as may from time to time be approved by the Board) for the area in respect of which he was appointed.
(4) Every inspector shall be under the direction and control of the State Price Controller who in turn shall be responsible to the Chief Price Controller and, without prejudice to any other power conferred by this Act, the Chief Price Controller, the State Price Controller or an inspector may-
(a) enter and inspect any premises in the occupation or under the control of any manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer; or
(b) examine any books, accounts or other documents relating to the trade or business of any manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer; or
(c) require any manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer to furnish any information in relation to his trade or business; or
(d) conduct on behalf of the Board any civil or criminal proceedings arising under this Act; or
(e) do any other thing necessary or expedient for the proper discharge of his functions.
(5) Any person who knowingly obstructs the Chief Price Controller, the State Price Controller or an inspector in the exercise of his functions shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of not less than N200 and not more than N2,000 or to imprisonment for not less then six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(6) The powers conferred by subsection (4) of this section are additional to and not in derogation of any powers conferred on any person by any other enactment, and accordingly (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) nothing in that subsection or any other provision of this Act shall prevent-
(a) the conduct on behalf of the Board of any civil or criminal proceedings by a legal practitioner; or
(b) the conduct on behalf of the Board of any criminal proceedings by a police officer.
(7) Any person who falsely represents himself to any other person as an inspector or as an officer designated as such by the Board under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for three years.