(1) The State Government may, by notification as aforesaid, appoint any persons it thinks fit to be inspectors, and any qualified veterinary surgeons to be veterinary practitioners, under this Act, and to exercise and perform, within any area prescribed by the notification, the powers conferred and duties imposed by this Act upon such officers respectively.
(2) Every person so appointed shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).