Powers of inspection
67.—(1)  Where a Court has cognizance of a trade dispute, the President, a member who constitutes the Court in relation to the trade dispute or a person authorised by the President, may at any time during working hours —
(a)enter any building, ship, vessel, place or premises in which work is being or has been done or commenced, or a matter or thing is taking or has taken place, to which the trade dispute relates; and
(b)to the extent and for the purposes named in the authority, inspect or view any work, material, machinery, appliance, article or thing therein and interview any employee engaged therein.
(2)  A person who —
(a)hinders or obstructs a person in the exercise of the power conferred by subsection (1); or
(b)makes to a person exercising a power conferred by that subsection a statement either orally or in writing which is false or misleading in any particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a Magistrate’s Court to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
[36/2010 wef 01/02/2011]