Inspectors is defined under section 13 of Employees Provident Funds Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. Provisions under Section 13 of EPF Act 1952 are :
Section 13 of Employees Provident Funds Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 "Inspectors"
(1) The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the purposes of this Act, the Scheme, the Pension Scheme or the Insurance Scheme and may define their jurisdiction.
(2) Any Inspector appointed under sub-section 1 may, for
the purpose of inquiring into the correctness of any
information furnished in connection with this Act or with
any Scheme or the Insurance Scheme or for the purpose of
ascertaining whether any of the provisions of this Act or of
any Scheme or the Insurance Scheme have been complied with
in respect of an establishment to which any Scheme or the
Insurance Scheme applies or for the purpose of ascertaining
whether the provisions of this Act or any Scheme or the
Insurance Scheme are applicable to any establishment to
which the Scheme or the Insurance Scheme has not been
applied or for the purpose of
determining whether the conditions subject to which
exemption was granted under section 17 are being complied
with by the employer in relation to an exempted
establishment.
(a) require an employer or any contractor from whom any amount is recoverable under section 8A to furnish such information as he may consider necessary.
(b) At any reasonable time and with such assistance, if any, as he may think fit, enter and search any establishment or any premises connected therewith and require any one found in charge thereof to produce before him for examination any accounts, books, registers and other documents relating to the employment of persons or the payment of wages in the establishment;
(c) Examine, with respect to any matter relevant to any of the purposes aforesaid, the employer or any contractor from whom any amount is recoverable under section 8A, his agent or servant or any other person found in charge of the establishment or any premises connected therewith or whom the Inspector has reasonable cause to believe to be or to have been, an employee in the establishment;
(d) Make copies of, or take extracts from, any book, register or other document maintained in relation to the establishment and, where he has reason to believe that any offence under this Act has been committed by an employer, seize with such assistance as he may think fit, such book, register or other document or portions thereof as he may consider relevant in respect of that offence;
(e) Exercise such other powers as the Scheme may provide.
(2A) Any Inspector appointed under sub-section 1 may, for the purpose of inquiring into the correctness of any information furnished in connection with the Pension Scheme or for the purpose of ascertaining whether any of the provisions of this Act or of the Pension Scheme have been complied with in respect of an establishment to which the Pension Scheme applies, exercise all or any of the powers conferred on him under clause a, b, clause c, or clause d sub-section 2.
(2B) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898) shall, so far as may be, apply to any search or seizure under sub-section 2 or under sub-section 2A, as the case may be, as they apply to any search or seizure made under the authority of a warrant issued under section 98 of the said Code.
Section 8 Mode of recovery of moneys due from employers
Section 8A Recovery of moneys by employers and contractors
Section 8B Issue of certificate to the Recovery Officer
Section 8C Recovery officer to whom certificate
Section 8D Validity of certificate, and amendment thereof
Section 8E Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof
Section 8F Other modes of recovery
Section 8G Application of certain provisions of Income-tax Act
Section 9 Fund to be recognised under Act 11 of 1922
Section 10 Protection against attachment
Section 12 Employer not to reduce wages, etc
Section 14A Offences by companies
Section 14B Power to recover damages
Section 14C Power of court to make orders
Section 15 Special provisions relating to existing provident funds
Section 16 Act not to apply to certain establishments
Section 18 Protection of Action taken in good faith
Section 19 Delegation of powers
Section 20 Power of Central Government to give directions
Section 21 Power to make rules
Section 22 Power to remove difficulties
Schedule I Matters of Industry engaged in Manufacture
Schedule II matters for which provision may be made in a scheme
Schedule III matters for which provision may be made in the pension scheme
Schedule IV matters to be provided in the employees deposit linked insurance scheme
Employees Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 1997