E-3.3 - Election Act

Section 490.2 Disposition versions

2016-06-10

490.2. An inspector may

(1)  enter, at any reasonable hour, premises where books, registers, accounts, records and other documents are or should be kept that are relevant for verifying compliance with this Act or the regulations, or where an activity is carried on in a field governed by this Act or the regulations;

(2)  inspect the premises, take photographs and verify or examine anything that is relevant for the purposes of this Act or the regulations;

(3)  use any computer, equipment or other thing that is on the premises in order to access data that is relevant to the inspection and contained in an electronic device, computer system or other medium or to audit, examine, process, copy or print out such data;

(4)  require any information, the communication of any relevant document to examine it or make a copy of it, and the production of any book, register, account, record or other relevant document, in order to verify compliance with this Act or the regulations;

(5)  use or cause to be used any copying equipment on the premises; and

(6)  be accompanied by a person or persons of his or her choice when carrying out inspection duties.

A person having custody, possession or control of the documents or things referred to in this section shall, on request, communicate them to the inspector and facilitate their examination.

However, the inspector shall not enter a residence without the occupant’s consent.

2016, c. 18, s. 29.