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(a) The competent authority shall be responsible for the administration of these rules within their respective areas notified by the Central Government.

(b) Every Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall discharge his duties within the area assigned to him by the Central Government and shall act under the supervision and control of the competent authority.

(c) Every Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall at each inspection of an establishment see—

(i) whether due action has been taken on every notice given under section 62;

(ii) whether the register of women employees referred to in rule 53 is correctly maintained;

(iii) whether there have been any cases of discharge or dismissal or notices of discharge or dismissal in contravention of the provisions of section 68 since the last inspection;

(iv) whether the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 59, sub-sections (5) and (6) of section 62, sections 64, 65, 66, 67, 69 and 71 have been complied with and whether amounts due have been paid within the time as per the relevant provisions of the Code and rules made by the Central Government;

(v) whether there have been any cases of deprival of maternity benefit or medical bonus as referred to in sub-section (2) of section 68; and

(vi) how far the irregularities pointed out at previous inspections have been remedied and how far orders previously issued have been complied with.

(d) Where an Inspector-cum-Facilitator observes any irregularity against the Code or the rules, he shall issue an order in writing electronically or otherwise to the employer asking the employer to rectify the irregularities within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of the order and report compliance to the Inspector-cum-Facilitator.

(2) The employer shall supply to every woman employed by him at her request free of cost copies of Forms-X, XI, XII, XIII-A and XIII-B.

(3) Nothing in sub-rule (2) of rule 35 and sub-rules (1) and (2) of rule 39 shall affect the right of a woman entitled to receive maternity benefit or any other amount due under the Code if she fails to submit a notice, appeal or complaint under the said rules, as the case may be, in a form specified for such purpose:

Provided that where a notice, appeal or complaint under the said rules has been submitted by a woman entitled to receive maternity benefit or any other amount due under the Code in a form other than the form specified for such purpose, the authority concerned may, within fifteen days of the receipt of such notice, appeal or complaint require the woman to submit the notice, appeal or complaint, as the case may be, in the form specified for such purpose.

(4) The abstract of the provisions of Chapter VI of the Code and the Central rules made there under required to be exhibited under section 71 shall be in Form-XIV, and shall be exhibited in such manner as the competent authority may require.