Power of State Government to authorize officers to act under section 5.

4. Power of 1[State] Government to authorise officers to act under section 5.- The 2[State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, authorise for the area in which this Act comes into force or any part thereof, one or more officers to whom a report shall be made under section 5 and who shall be competent to act under the said section.