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(1) An inquiry Officer may, for the purposes mentioned in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3, ask of any person such questions as the 1[State] Government may notify in the Official Gazette. (2) An Inquiry Officer may for the said purposes order any person owning or in charge of an establishment to furnish to him information in respect of the said establishment in such form as the 2[State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. (3) Every person to whom a question is asked under sub-section (1) or who is ordered to furnish any information under sub-section (2), shall be legally bound to answer the question or furnish the information to the best of his knowledge and belief and if so required by the Inquiry Officer to do so, in writing, with his name signed thereto.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>1</i>) An inquiry Officer may, for the purposes mentioned in clause <i>(b)</i> of sub-section (<i>1</i>) of section 3, ask of any person such questions as the <sup>1</sup>[State] Government may notify in the <i>Official Gazette</i>.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>2</i>) An Inquiry Officer may for the said purposes order any person owning or in charge of an establishment to furnish to him information in respect of the said establishment in such form as the <sup>2</sup>[State] Government may, by notification in the <i>Official Gazette</i>, specify.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>3</i>) Every person to whom a question is asked under sub-section (<i>1</i>) or who is ordered to furnish any information under sub-section (<i>2</i>), shall be legally bound to answer the question or furnish the information to the best of his knowledge and belief and if so required by the Inquiry Officer to do so, in writing, with his name signed thereto.<br> <br>