The Factories Act 1934, 25 of 1934, (Rep., Act 63 of 1948) · I — .

Section 10. (1) The Local Government may, by notification in the local oficial Gazette, appoint such persons as

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(4) Every District Magistrate shtzll be an Inspector for his district. (5) The Loaal 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 +his Act, within such local limits as if may assign to them respectively. (6) In any area where there are more Inspectors than one, the Local Government may, by notification as aforesaid, declare the powers which such Inspectors shall respectively exercise, and the Inspector to whom the prescribed notices are t:, be sent. . . (7) Every Chief Inspectcr and Inspector shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code and shall be officially subordinate to such authority as the Local Government may specify in this behalf. .* . . 10. (1) The Local Government may, by notification in the local oficial Gazette, appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be 1nspect.ors for the purposes of this Act within sucli local limits as it :nay assign to them respectively. (2) The Local Goveniment may, by notification as aforesaid, appoint any person to be a Chief Inspector, who shall, in addition to the powers conferrer1 on a Chief Inspector under this Act, exercise the powers of an Inspector throughout the province. (3) No person shall be appointed to be an Inspector under sub-section ( I ) or a Chief Inspector under sub-section (2) or, having XLV of 1860. Factories. having been so, appointed, shall continue to hold office, who is or becamas directly ar indirectly intarc~t~d in a factory or in ally process or business carried on tlierein or in any patent or machinary connected therewith.

Source: India Code