Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Inspection and inquiry.- (1) The Government shall have rights to cause an inspection to be made, by an officer not below the rank of Secretary to Government authorised by it, of the Council and also to cause an inquiry to be made into the work done by the Council in respect of any matter entrusted to it. The Government shall, in every case, give notice to the Council of its intention to cause such inspection or inquiry to be made and the Council shall be entitled to be represented thereat. The officer making the inspection or inquiry shall inform the Government of the results thereof. (2) The Government shall communicate to the Council its views with reference to the results of such inspection or inquiry and may advise the Council the action to be taken. (3) The Council shall, within such time as the Government may fix, report to it, the action, if any, which is proposed to be taken or has been taken upon such advice. (4) The Government may, where action has not been taken by the Council within a reasonable time to its satisfaction, issue such directions as it may think fit, and the Council shall comply with such directions.