17. Duties of Inspector.- (1) The Chief Inspector/Inspector shall make such examination of the premises and of the register, record and notices as may appear to him to be necessary for satisfying himself that the provisions of the Act and of the Rules and of any order or notification issued by the Government under the Act or the Rules made thereunder are being properly observed, and in particular he shall satisfy himself: (i) that the establishment is duly registered under the Act; (ii) that the registers, records and notices required to be maintained or displayed under the Act or these Rules are properly maintained or displayed; (iii) that the intervals of rest and holidays required to be granted or observed under the Act are granted and observed and that the limits of hours of work and spread-over laid down under the Act are not exceeded; (iv) that the provisions of the Act relating to the opening and closing hours are duly observed; (v) that the provisions of the Act and these Rules regarding leave are properly observed; (vi) that the provisions of the Act and these Rules relating to cleanliness and precautions against fire are properly observed; (vii) that the provisions of the Act relating to the payment for overtime are duly observed; (viii) that the wages and other dues are being paid to the employees in time as required under the Act; (ix) that in dispensing with the services of an employee the provisions of the Act and Rules have been complied with and no dues payable under the Act or Rules have been withheld; and (x) that no child is allowed to work in any establishment. (2) In carrying out such examinations, the Chief Inspector or any Inspector concerned may. interrogate such persons on the premises of the establishment as he may consider necessary: Provided that no such person shall be required under this rule to give answer to any question, the answer to which might tend to incriminate him. (3) The Chief Inspector or Inspector concerned may require any employer to produce an authentic extract from the records of any school, panchayat, or municipality or in the absence of such extract to produce at his own expense a certificate of age from a registered Medical Practitioner or a declaration from either of the parents or if the parents are not alive from the nearest living relations or any other evidence of age to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector, or the Inspector as the case may be, in respect of any young person employed whose age he may have reason to doubt. | 
