Construction of reference to the Board, President or Commissioner

Any reference to the Board or its President or a Commissioner thereof contained in any enactment in force in the State of Tamil Nadu or in any notification, order, scheme, rule, form or by-law made under any such enactment and in force in the State, shall, on and from the 30th September 1951, be construed as a reference to the Commissioner appointed or deemed to have been appointed under this Act : Provided that it shall be competent for the Commissioner to delegate, by order, any of the powers devolved upon him under this section, to the Joint Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner specified in such order subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Commissioner may specify in this behalf; and the Commissioner may withdraw any of the powers delegated to the Join Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner or the Assistant Commissioner under this section. Petty