Insertion of new section

After section 44 of the said Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :- "44-A. The [State] Government may appoint a [State] Transport Commissioner ; and notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, may, by notification in the Fort St. George Gazette, authorize such Commissioner or any officer subordinate to him, to exercise and discharge, in lieu of any other authority prescribed by or under this Act, such powers and functions as may be specified in the notification."