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( 1) Powa of entry.-The Chairman or any person either gene- rally or specially authonsed by the Chairman in this behalf may, w1th or without assistants or workmen, enter into or upon any land, in order- ( a) to make any inspection, survey, mec~surement, valuation or inquiry, (b) to take levels, (c) to (ig or bore in to the sub-soil, (d) to set out boundaiies and intended lines of work, (e) to mark such levels, boundAries and lines by placing marks and cutting trenches, or (f) to do any other thing, whenever it is necessary to do so for any of the purposes of this Act or any rule made or scheme sanctioned thereunder or any scheme wh1ch the Board intends to frame thereunder : Provided as follows:- (a) no such entry shall be made between sunset and sunrise 61 (b) no dwelling house, and no pubhc building or hut which is used as a dwelling place, shall be so entered, unless with the consent of the occupier thereof, without giving the said occupier at least twenty- four hours previou!l wntten notice of the intention to make such entry ; (c) sufficient notice shall in every instance be given, even when any premises may otherwise be entered without notice, to enable the inmates of any apartment appropriated to women to remove themselves to some part of the premises where their pnvacy will not he disturbed ;. (d) due regard shall always be had, so far as may he compatible with the exigencies of the purpose for which the entry i~ made, to the social and religiOus usages of the occupants of the premis~, entered. (2) Whenever the Chairman or a person authorised under sub- section ( 1) enters into or upon any land in pursuance of that sub-sec- tion, he shall at the time of such entry pay or tender payment for all necessary damage to be done as aforesaid; and, m case of dispute a~ to the sufficiency of the amount so paid or tendered, he aha II at once refer the dispute to the Board, who~>e decision shall be frnul.