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Inspection of registers and calling for information.- (1) It shall be the duty of every employer of an establishment to make available for inspection of such officer, as may be prescribed, all accounts or other records to be kept for the purposes of this Act, and to give such officer any other information in connection therewith as may be required. (2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or willfully obstructs the inspecting authority in exercise of the powers under this Act or conceals or prevents any employee in an establishment from appearing before or being examined by the authority, shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine which shall not be less than 1[four thousand rupees and may extend to seven thousand rupees].