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Section 162. (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.



Power for licensee
to enter premises
and to remove
fittings or other
apparatus of
licensee.