Section 9
Appointment of enforcement officers.
The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000
About this Act
An Act to give effect to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint such of the officers of the National Authority 1[or of the Central Government] as
it thinks fit to be enforcement officers for the purposes of this Act:
1[Provided that such officers shall fulfil the prescribed criteria.]
(2) The State Government may, as and when so directed by the Central Government and by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such of its officers of gazetted rank as it thinks fit to be enforcement officers for the purposes of this Act and assign to them such local limits as it may think fit.
(3) Every officer appointed as enforcement officer under sub-section (1) or under sub-section (2) shall be furnished by the Central Government or by the State Government, as the case may be, with a certificate of appointment as an enforcement officer and the certificate shall, on demand, be produced by such enforcement officer
1[Provided that such officers shall fulfil the prescribed criteria.]
(2) The State Government may, as and when so directed by the Central Government and by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such of its officers of gazetted rank as it thinks fit to be enforcement officers for the purposes of this Act and assign to them such local limits as it may think fit.
(3) Every officer appointed as enforcement officer under sub-section (1) or under sub-section (2) shall be furnished by the Central Government or by the State Government, as the case may be, with a certificate of appointment as an enforcement officer and the certificate shall, on demand, be produced by such enforcement officer
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 36 of 2012, s. 2 (w.e.f. 23-11-2012).