Section 21: Power to call for information, etc

21. Power to call for information, etc.___(1) The 2[Federal Government] may, at any time, by order, direct any person or class of persons to maintain such accounts and to furnish to the Board and to any officer or authority subordinate to the 2[Federal Government] such returns or other information relating to the cultivation, production, manufacture, sale or purchase of tobacco by such person or class within such time and giving such particulars as may be specified in the order; and every such order shall be published in the official Gazette. (2) Any person authorised in this behalf by the 2[Federal Government] or by the Board or any member of the Board authorised by the Chairman of the Board may, at all reasonable times, enter any tobacco curing yard or any place or premises where tobacco or tobacco waste is manufactured, stored, kept or exposed for sale and may require the production for his inspection of any book, register, record or other paper kept therein and ask for any information relating to the cultivation, production, manufacture, storage or keeping for sale of tobacco or tobacco waste.

Effective date: 1968-01-01

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