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32 : the income and expenditure of the political association as the Registrar may reasonably so require, and to do so within such reasonable time as is specified in the notice.

(2) The Registrar, or a person authorised by the Registrar, may—
 * (a) make copies of, or records of any information contained in, any books, documents or other records produced under subsection (1) (a); or
 * (b) make copies or records of any information or explanation furnished under subsection (1) (b).

(3) The Registrar or a person authorised in writing by the Registrar may, for the purposes of the carrying out of his functions, enter at any reasonable time premises occupied by a political association and having entered any such premises may—
 * (a) inspect any books, documents or other records relating to the income and expenditure of the political association; and
 * (b) make copies of, or records of any information contained in, any such books, documents or other records.

(4) Where any such records as are mentioned in subsection (1) or (3) are kept in electronic form, then—
 * (a) the power of the Registrar under subsection (1) to require any such records to be produced for inspection includes power to require a copy of the records to be made available for inspection in legible form (and subsection (2) (a) shall accordingly apply in relation to any copy so made available); and
 * (b) the power of any person (referred to in this subsection as the inspector) under subsection (3) to inspect any such records includes power to require any person on the premises in question to give the inspector such assistance as the inspector may reasonably require to enable him—
 * (i) to inspect and make copies of the records in legible form or to make records of information contained in them; or
 * (ii) to inspect and check the operation of any computer, and any associated apparatus or material, that is or has been in use in connection with the keeping of the records.