(1) The Small Industries Bank shall have free access to all such records of any institution which seeks to avail of any credit facilities from the Small Industries Bank and to all such records of any such person who seeks to avail of any credit facilities from such institution, perusal whereof may appear to the Small Industries Bank to be necessary in connection with the providing of finance or other assistance to such institution or the refinancing of any loan or advance made to such person by the borrowing institution.

(2) The Small Industries Bank may require any institution or person referred to in sub-section (1) to furnish to it copies of any of the records referred to in that sub-section and the institution or the person, as the case may be, shall be bound to comply with such requisition.