Powers of investigation for this Part
103.—(1)  The Minister may give such directions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Part, as to the performance of the functions and duties and the exercise of its powers by the Commissioner under this Part, and the Commissioner must give effect to every such direction.
(2)  The Commissioner and any person authorised in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner, for the purposes of the execution of this Act, have the power to do all or any of the following:
(a)to enter, inspect and examine by day or by night the place of business of every employer;
(b)to require the production of records, accounts and documents kept by the employer and to inspect, examine and copy any of them;
(c)to take such photographs and make such inquiry with the employer or any employee of the Auxiliary Police Force as may be necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of this Act are complied with.
(3)  A person who —
(a)refuses the Commissioner or any authorised officer to enter or search, access to any place;
(b)assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays the Commissioner or any authorised officer in effecting any entrance which the Commissioner or the authorised officer is entitled to effect under this Act, or in the execution of any duty imposed or power conferred by this Act;
(c)fails to comply with any lawful demand of the Commissioner or any authorised officer in the execution of his or her duty under this Act; or
(d)refuses or neglects to give any information which may reasonably be required of the person and which he or she has it in his or her power to give,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
(4)  For the purposes of Division 1 of this Part, the Commissioner or a person authorised in that behalf by the Commissioner may, by written notice, direct any employer of an Auxiliary Police Force to obtain from any of its shareholders and to transmit to the Commissioner information —
(a)as to whether that shareholder holds any share in the employer of an Auxiliary Police Force as beneficial owner or as trustee; and
(b)if the shareholder holds the share as trustee, to indicate, so far as he or she can, the person for whom he or she holds the share (either by name or by other particulars sufficient to enable that person to be identified) and the nature of his or her interest,
and the employer must comply with that direction within such time as may be specified in the notice.
(5)  The Commissioner may, by written notice, require any shareholder of an employer of an Auxiliary Police Force, or any person who appears from the information provided to the Commissioner under subsection (4) or this subsection to have an interest in any share in such an employer, to inform the Commissioner —
(a)whether the shareholder holds that interest as beneficial owner or as trustee, and if he or she holds the interest as trustee, to indicate, so far as he or she can, the person for whom he or she holds the interest (either by name or by other particulars sufficient to enable that person to be identified) and the nature of his or her interest; or
(b)whether any share or any voting right attached to the share is the subject of an agreement or arrangement described in section 88, and if so, to give particulars of the agreement or arrangement and the parties to it,
and the person must comply with that notice within such time as may be specified in the notice.
(6)  A person who —
(a)fails to comply with a notice under this section; or
(b)in purported compliance of the notice, knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $5,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.