Section 5:
Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors.
1[5. Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors.--(1) The State Government
may appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the State for the purposes of this Act, and
may define the local limits within which each Inspector shall exercise the powers and perform the
duties conferred and imposed on Inspectors by or under this Act.
(2) The State Government may appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Deputy Chief Inspectors
for the State and may define the local limits within which each Deputy Chief Inspector shall exercise
his powers and perform his duties under this Act.
(3) Every Deputy Chief Inspector may exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and
imposed on Inspectors by or under this Act and, in addition thereto, may exercise such powers or
perform such duties conferred or imposed of the Chief inspector by or under this Act, as the State
Government may assign to him.
(4) The State Government shall appoint a person to be Chief Inspector for the State who may, in
addition to the powers and duties conferred and imposed on the Chief Inspector by or under this Act,
exercise any power or perform any duty so conferred or imposed on Deputy Chief Inspectors or
Inspectors.
2[(4A) No person shall be appointed as the Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector or Inspector
unless he possesses such qualifications and experience as may be prescribed by the Central
Government.]
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors shall exercise
the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on them by or under this Act under the
general superintendence and control of the Chief Inspector.
(6) The Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors may offer such advice as they
think fit to owners regarding the proper maintenance and safe working of boilers.
(7) The Chief Inspector and all Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors shall be deemed to be
public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 1960, s. 5, for section 5.
2. Ins. by Act 49 of 2007, s. 6 (w.e.f. 7-10-2010).