Amendment of section 2, Central Act XX of 1946.

To clause (c) of section 2 of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 (Central Act XX of 1946), the following proviso shall be added, namely:— "Provided that the State Government may, in relation to industrial establishments in respect of which it is the appropriate Government, appoint, by notification in the Official Gazette, any officer subordinate to the Labour Commissioner to exercise, in such area as may be specified in the notification, the functions of a Certifying Officer under this Act, and any officer appointed as aforesaid may exercise those functions, whether or not the Labour Commissioner is absent."