(2)Any officer appointed under Section 3 before whom any proceeding against a dealer under the Act or the rules made thereunder is pending may, in his discretion, allow such dealer on his application to inspect the whole or any part of the record of such proceeding. If an application for inspection is made within three hours of the opening hours of office, the inspection shall, as far as possible, be allowed on the same day otherwise on the next working day. If the application is allowed, an inspection fee of rupees five for the first hour or part of first hour and one rupee for any subsequent hour or part thereof shall be charged. Inspection in the same manner and on the payment of same charge may be allowed of the record of any proceeding before any officer appointed under Section 3 which have been closed .Provided that no inspection fee shall be charged for the inspection of the record of a pending proceeding by a dealer on any day fixed for the hearing of the case or for inspection of a record by Government Officers or other persons duly authorised in this behalf for Government purposes.Explanation : - For the purpose of this proviso, the record of a pending proceeding includes the record of a closed proceeding which is called for a reference in the pending proceeding.
