Section 312 in Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919
312. Powers of commissioner for purposes of inspection.
(1)The commissioner or any person authorised by him in writing for the purpose, may, without notice, enter any slaughter-house or any place where animals, poultry or fish intended for food are exposed for sale or where articles of food are being manufactured or exposed for sale, at any time by day or night, when the slaughter, exposure for sale or manufacture is being carried on and inspect the same and any utensil or vessel used for manufacturing, preparing or containing any such article.(2)If the commissioner or any person so authorized by him has reason to believe that in any place any animal intended for human food is being slaughtered or any carcass is being skinned or cut up or that any food is being manufactured, stored, prepared, packed, cleansed, kept or exposed for sale, or sold without, or otherwise than in conformity with a licence, he may enter any such place without notice at any time by day or night for the purpose of satisfying himself whether any provision of law, by-laws, or regulations or any condition of licence is being contravened.(3)No claim shall lie against the commissioner or any person acting under his authority or the corporation for any damage or inconvenience caused by the exercise of powers under this section or by the use of any force necessary for effecting any entry into any place under this section.(4)In any legal proceedings in respect of powers exercised under this section in which it is alleged that any animals, poultry, fish or articles of food were not kept, exposed, hawked about, manufactured, prepared, stored, ; packed, or cleansed for sale, or were not intended for human food, the burden of proof shall lie on the party so alleging.
