Appointment of Controller, Assistant Controller and Inspectors.

(1) The Government may appoint a Controller of Weights and Measures for the State 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. (2) The Government may, by general or special order, define the local limits within which each Inspector shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on Inspectors by or under this Act. (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; and the Controller 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. (4) The Government may also take from each Inspector such security and in such form as may be prescribed for the due discharge of his functions and duties under this Act.