(1) For the purposes of section 269(3), on any day except public holidays, at any time between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., the Valuation Officer, or any engineer, or overseer, or surveyor, or assessor, authorised by him, by order in writing in this behalf, may, –

(a) enter any land within the limits of the area assigned to the Valuation Officer; or

(b) enter any land, building, or other place belonging to or occupied by any person in connection with whose assessment a reference has been made to the Valuation Officer; or

(c) inspect any asset in respect of which a reference has been made to the Valuation Officer.

(2) The expression ―public holiday includes Sundays, and any other day declared by the Central Government, by notification, to be a public holiday.