Appointment of Controller, Assistant Controllers and Inspectors

Appointment of Controller, Assistant Controllers and Inspectors.-(1) The Government may appoint a Controller of Weights and Measures for the State of Madras and as many Assistant Controllers and Inspectors of Weights and Measures as may be necessary for exercising the powers and discharging the duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act.

1. (2) The Government may, by general or special order, define the local limits within which each Assistant Controller or Inspector shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on Assistant Controllers of Weights and Measures or on Inspectors by or under this Act.
2. (3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, all Assistant Controllers of Weights and Measures and Inspectors shall perform their functions under the general superintendence and control of the Controller of Weights and Measures; and the Controller of Weights and Measures and the Assistant Controllers of Weights and Measures may, in addition to the powers and duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act, exercise any power or discharge any duty so conferred or imposed on Inspectors.