Controller and officers appointed under this Act to be public servants.

(3) The Controller may, by general or special order, define the local limits within which each Additional Controller or each Inspector shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act. (4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every Additional Controller and every Inspector shall perform his functions and discharge the duties of his office under the general superintendence, directions and control of the Controller and shall exercise those powers and discharge those duties in the same manner and with the same effect as if they had been conferred or imposed on him direct by or under this Act and not by way of authorisation. (5) The Controller and every Additional Controller may also— (a) perform all or any of the functions of; and (b) exercise all or any of the powers conferred by this Act or any rule or order made thereunder, on an Inspector. (7) The Controller and every Additional Controller, and every Inspector and every other person authorised to perform any duty by or under this Act, shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.