77(1)A member or officer of the Commission or person authorized by the Commission for that purpose has the right to examine the books and accounts of an employer and to make such other inquiry as the Commission may deem necessary for the purpose of ascertaining whether any statement furnished to the Commission under the provisions of section 75 is an accurate statement of the matters required to be stated therein or of ascertaining the amount of the payroll of any employer, or of ascertaining whether any industry or person is within the scope of this Part.

77(2)A member or officer of the Commission or person authorized by it to make examination or inquiry under this section shall have power and authority to require and to take affidavits, affirmations or declarations as to any matter of such examination or inquiry, and to take statutory declarations required under section 75, and in all cases to administer oaths, affirmations and declarations and certify to the same having been made.