Appointment of certain Inspectors and subordinate officers and servants, their powers and duties

(1) The State Government may appoint such person to be the Chief ropeway Inspector for the State and a District Ropeways Inspector as it deems fit and may fix the fees to be charged to promoters for the performance of their duties under this Act. (2) The Chief ropeway Inspector and the District ropeway Inspector shall exercise such powers and perform such functions and duties as may be provided by or under the provisions of the Act. It shall also be the duty of any such Inspector from time to time and at least once a year in the case of the Chief ropeway Inspector and once a quarter, in the case of the District ropeway Inspector to inspect the ropeways and to determine whether they are maintained in a fit condition and worked with due regard to the convenience and safety of the persons using them and of the general public, and consistently with the provisions of this Act. (3) The Chief ropeway Inspector and the District ropeway Inspectors shall, for the purpose of any of the duties which they are authorised or required to perform under this Act, be deemed to be public servants as defined in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act 45 of 2023). (4) The promoter and his servants and agents shall afford to the Chief ropeway Inspector and the District ropeway Inspector all reasonable facilities for performing the dunes and exercising the powers imposed and conferred upon them by or under this Act (5) The State Government may also appoint the other subordinate officers and servants with such designations and assign them such powers, duties and functions as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.