Section 4Chief Inspector and Inspectors

s. 4

4. Chief Inspector and Inspectors (1) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint a duly qualified person to be Chief Inspector of Mines for the whole of Bangladesh [* * *] and duly qualified persons to be Inspectors of Mines subordinate to Chief Inspector. (2) No person shall be appointed to be Chief Inspector or an Inspector, or, having been appointed shall continue to hold such officer who is or becomes directly or indirectly interested in any mine or mining rights in Bangladesh. (3) The District Magistrate may exercise the powers and perform the duties of Inspector subject to the general or special orders of the Government: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to empower a District Magistrate to exercise any of the powers conferred by section 19 or section 32. (4) The Chief Inspector and every Inspector shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the [Penal Code].

1. 7. The words "Penal Code" were substituted, for the words "Pakistan Penal Code" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)