Electricity Act, 2003 · Chapter XVII: Other Provisions · Protective clauses
Section 162: Appointment of Chief Electrical Inspector and Electrical Inspector
(1) The Appropriate Government may, by notification, appoint duly qualified persons to be Chief Electrical Inspector or Electrical Inspectors and every such Inspector so appointed shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of a Chief Electrical Inspector or an Electrical Inspector under this Act and exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be prescribed within such areas or in respect of such class of works and electric installations and subject to such restrictions as the Appropriate Government may direct.
(2) In the absence of express provision to the contrary in this Act, or any rule made thereunder, an appeal shall lie from the decision of a Chief Electrical Inspector or an Electrical Inspector to the Appropriate Government or if the Appropriate Government, by general or special order so directs, to an Appropriate Commission.
State amendments to this section
Karnataka
Amendment of section 162.—In section 162 of the Principal Act, after sub-section (2), the following shall be inserted, namely:—
"(3) where no provision is made by Central Government or the Authority in respect of powers and functions and qualifications of Chief Electrical Inspector and Electrical Inspectors, the State Government may by rules prescribe the same".
[Vide Karnataka Act 39 of 2014, s. 3]
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