Inspection of accounts: government may authorise senior officers to inspect records where written suspicion of contravention exists. If the Central Government records in writing grounds to suspect contravention of the Act, it may, by general or special order, authorise a gazetted officer holding a Group A post to inspect accounts or records of any political party, person, organisation or association, with the right to enter premises at reasonable hours between sunrise and sunset for inspection; inspections of political party records require the authorised officer to have held a Group A post in Union or State affairs for not less than ten years.