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24, The Government may by notification in the Official Gazette appoint such person who possess such qualifications as may be prescribed to be the Chief Facilitator and Facilitator for the purposes of this Act and may assign to them such local limit as may think fit: Provided that the Government may, by notification, appoint the Chief Facilitator as Facilitator who shall in addition to the powers of a Chief Facilitator under this Act, exercise the powers of a Facilitator as assigned and areas as specified in the notification. (1), The State Government may prescribe a scheme for random inspection of shops and establishments which may provide for generation of a web based Inspection Schedule. THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 21, 2025 921 (2) Every Chief Facilitator and Facilitator appointed @) under section 23 shail be dcemed to be public servanl within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and shall be officiaily subordinate to such authority as the Government may specify in this behalf, Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, the Facilitator may, within the local limits for which he is appointed- (i) advice the employers and workers and provide them such information as may be considered necessary for complying with the provisions of this Act effectively; (ii) inspect the shops or establishments in accordance with the scheme for inspection referred to in sub-section (1) above, and may- (a) enter at all reasonable time and with such assistants, if any, being persons in the service of the Government or of any local authority as he thinks fit, any place which is or which he has reason to believe is a shop or establishment; (b) make such examination of the premises and of any prescribed registers, records and notices, and take on the spot or otherwise evidence of any persons as he may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act; Central Act No.45 of 1860 (c) examine any person who is found in any - premises of the shop or establishment and whom, the Facilitator has reasonable cause to believe, is a worker of the shop or establishment; (d) require any person to give any information, which is in his possession with respect to the names and addresses of the persons; =" (e) search, seize or take copies of such register, record of wages or notices or portions thercof as he may consider relevant in respect of an offence under this Act and which he has reason to believe has been committed by the employer; 922 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 21, 2025 Maintenance of Registers and Returns Annual Returns 25,