Section 312(1) in Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919
(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.
