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( I ) An officer authorized in this behalf by the State Government or a person authorized under section 13 may, at any time after giving a reasonable notice to the occupant, enter upon any building in which a lift or an escalator is installed or is being installed or in connection with which an application has been made for license for the purpose of inspecting the lift or escalator or lift Of escalator installation or the site thereof. . , . (2) Ifthe officer, on such inspection, or on the basis of report made under sub-section (3) of'section 16 is of the opinion that any lift or escalator in any building is in unsafse condition, he may direct by an order to the owner ofthe building or his agent appointed under sub-section (2) ofsection 14 to make such repairs or alterations to be made to such lift or escalator as he may deem necessary, within the time specified therein .and may also ifnecessary order, the use ofsuch lift or escalator t~ be discontinued until such'repairs or alterations are made or such unsafe condition isremoved. Th~ owner'or, as the case may he, his agent shall thereupon comply with the order within the period specified therein and shall forthwith report 10 writing to the officer of having so complied with.