Section 4. Power to limit extent

4. Power to limit extent. —The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exclude[2 ] any specified area from the operation of all or any specified provisions of this Act. 3 [4A. Technical Adviser. —(1) The Central Government shall appoint a Technical Adviser from amongst the persons having such qualifications and experience as may be prescribed by rules. (2) The terms and conditions of service of the Technical Adviser shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government. (3) The Technical Adviser shall, in addition to exercising the powers and discharging the functions assigned to him under this Act or rules or regulations made thereunder, exercise such other powers and discharge such functions as the Central Government and the Board may delegate to him. 4. Proviso omitted by Act 34 of 1939, s. 3 and the Second Schedule. 5. Subs. by Act 49 of 2007, s. 8, for "may apply to the Inspector to have the boiler registered" (w.e.f. 7-10-2010). 6. Subs. by s. 8, ibid ., for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 27-5-2008). (b) refuse to register the boiler: Provided that where the Chief Inspector refuses to register a boiler, he shall forthwith communicate his refusal to the owner of the boiler together with the reasons therefor. (5) The Chief Inspector shall, on registering the boiler, order the issue to the owner of a certificate in the prescribed form authorizing the use of the boiler for a period not exceeding twelve months at a pressure not exceeding such maximum pressure as he thinks fit and as is in accordance with the regulations made under this Act: 1[Provided that a certificate issued under this sub-section in respect of an economizer 2[or of an unfired boiler which forms an integral part of a processing plant in which steam is generated solely by the use of oil, asphalt or bitumen as a heating medium] may authorise its use for a period not exceeding twenty-four months.] (6) The Inspector shall forthwith convey to the owner of the boiler the orders of the Chief Inspector and shall in accordance therewith issue to the owner any certificate of which the issue has been ordered, and, where the boiler has been registered, the owner shall within the prescribed period cause the register number to be permanently marked thereon in the prescribed manner.