Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
Chapter V:
Inspection, Search and Seizure
23. Inspection of
accounts or records.-
If the Central
Government has, for any reason, to be recorded in writing, any ground to
suspect that any provision of this Act has been or is being, contravened by--
a.
any
political party; or
b.
any
person; or
c.
any
organisation; or
d.
any
association,
it may, by general or special order,
authorise such gazetted officer, holding a Group A post under the Central
Government or such other officer or authority or organisation, as it may think
fit (hereinafter referred to as the inspecting officer), to inspect any account
or record maintained by such political party, person, organisation or
association, as the case may be, and thereupon every such inspecting officer
shall have the right to enter in or upon any premises at any reasonable hour,
before sunset and after sunrise, for the purpose of inspecting the said account
or record.