Factories Act,1948
Act No : 63
Section :
Inspectors.
8. Inspectors. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such persons as possess the prescribed qualification to be Inspectors for the purposes of this Act and may assign to them such local limits as it may think fit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Subs. by Act 40 of 1949, s. 3 and Sch. II for "within thirty days". 2. Subs. by Act 25 of 1954, s. 4, for "Chief Inspector a written notice". 3. Ins. by Art 20 of 1987, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 4. Ins. by s. 4 ibid, (w.e.f. 1-06-1988). 41 (2) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint any person to be a Chief Inspector who shall, in addition to the powers conferred on a Chief Inspector under this Act, exercise the powers of an Inspector throughout the State. 1*[(2A) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint as many Addition Chief Inspector, Joint Chief Inspector and Deputy Chief Inspector and as many other officers as it thinks fit to assist the Chief Inspector and to exercise such of the powers of the Chief Inspector as may be specified in such notification. (2B) Every additional Chief Inspector, Joint Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector and every other officer appointed under subsection (2A) shall, in addition to the powers of a Chief Inspector specified in the notification by which he is appointed, exercise the powers of an Inspector throughout the State.] (3) No person shall be appointed under sub-section (1), sub- section (2) 1*[sub-section (2A)] or sub-section (5) or, having been so appointed, shall continue to hold officer, who is or becomes directly or indirectly interested in a factory or in any process or business carried on therein or in any patent or machinery connected therewith. (4) Every District Magistrate shall be an Inspector for his district. (5) The State Government may also, by notification as aforesaid, appoint such public officers as it thinks fit to be additional Inspectors for all or any of the purposes of this Act, within such local limits as it may assign to them respectively. (6) In any area where there are more Inspectors than one the State Government may, by notification as aforesaid, declare the powers which such Inspectors shall respectively exercise and the Inspector to whom the prescribed notices are to be sent. (7) 2*[Every Chief Inspector, Additional Chief Inspector, Joint Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector, Inspector and every other officer appointed under this section ] shall be deemed to be a public ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ins. by Act 94 of 1976, s. 6 (w.e.f. 26-10-1976). 2. Subs. by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-10-1976). 42 servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code, (45 of 1860) and shall be officially subordinate to such authority as the State Government may specify in this behalf.
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