Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Deputy Commissioner or any officer not below the rank of an Assistant Commissioner authorized in writing by him or any person empowered by the State Government in this behalf, by a general or special order, may— (a) enter on, inspect and survey, or cause to be entered on, inspected and surveyed, any immovable property occupied by any trust, or any work in progress under its direction; (b) by order in writing addressed to the chairman, call for and inspect or cause to be inspected any book or document in the possession or under the control of any trust and the member or official of the trust in possession of such book or document shall immediately place such book or document at the diposal of the chairman, who shall immediately comply with such order. He shall also bring the matter to the notice of the trust at its meeting next following; (c) by order in writing addressed to the chairman require any such trust to furnish within a specified period such statements, accounts, reports and copies of documents relating to proceedings or duties of the trust as he may think fit to call for; (d) inquire generally into the affairs of a trust with a view to ascertaining whether a trust is being satisfactorily administered, and for the purpose of such inquiry make use of any property of the trust and of the powers mentioned in clauses (a), (b), and (c), and the members, officers and official of the trust shall render Control by Deputy Commissioner. TOWN IMPROVEMENT such assistance in the inquiry, as may be deemed necessary. Explanation.— Any person so empowered shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860). (2) The Deputy Commissioner or the person empowered by the State Government under sub-section (1) may record in writing for the consideration of any such trust any observations that he may think proper in regard to the proceedings or duties of the trust. (3) Every trust shall submit such periodical reports to the Deputy Commissioner or other authority as the State Government may direct.