Factories Act, 1934 — section 10

10. Inspectors..—_(1) The 3[Provincial Government] may, by notification in the 3[official Gazette], appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the purposes of this Act within such local limits as it may assign to them respectively.

(2)The 3[Provincial Government] may, by notification as aforesaid, appoint any person to be a Chief Inspector, who shall, in addition to the powers conferred 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 (1) or a Chief Inspector under sub-section (2) or, having been so appointed, shall continue to hold office, who is or becomes directly or indirectly interested in a factory or in any process or business carried on therein or in any patent or machinery connected therewith.

(4)Every District Magistrate shall be an Inspector for his district.

(5)The 3[Provincial 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 this Act, within such local limits as it may assign to them respectively.

(6)In any area where there are more Inspectors than one, the 3[Provincial Government] may, by notification as aforesaid, declare the powers which such Inspectors shall respectively exercise, and the Inspectors to whom the prescribed notices are to be sent. 1 Added by Act No. XIV of 1944, s. 2. 2 Ins. by Act No. XVI of 1973, s. 6. 3 Subs by A. O., 1937.

(7)Every Chief Inspector and Inspector shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860) and shall be officially sub-ordinate to such authority as the 1[Provincial Government] may specify in this behalf.