Subject to the limitations of the Constitutions of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, any officer or employee of the Department of Licenses and Inspections, in the performance of his duties, may at any reasonable hour, without hindrance, enter, examine and inspect all vessels, vehicles, premises, grounds, structures, buildings, and underground passages of every sort, including their contents and occupancies, and may likewise examine, inspect and test any substance, article, equipment or other property.

ANNOTATION

Sources: New York City Charter, 1938, Section 492.

Purposes: In order to fulfill its inspection functions, the Department of Licenses and Inspections must have a right of entry, qualified only by constitutional limitations.