(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, for the area comprising of the Municipal Corporations constituted under the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, or for the area comprising of the Municipalities constituted under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963, as the case may be, the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, designate, subject to such terms and conditions, any person of the Municipal Corporation or of the Municipality, as the case may be, who possesses the prescribed qualifications to be the officer, the Chief Inspector, the Inspector and the Assistant Inspector, for the purposes of sections 3 to 10 and sections 12 and 16 of this Act or any other section wherever necessary, and the provisions of the said sections shall "mutatis mutandis'' apply from such date as specified in the notification.
Bom. LIX of 1949.
Guj. 34 of 1964.
1. Section 10A was inserted by Guj. 13 of 2013, s.4.
2004 : GUJ. 4 ] The Gujarat Lifts and Escalators Act, 2000. 5
(2) The Chief Inspector designated under sub-section (1) shall in addition to the powers conferred on him under this Act, exercise the powers of an Inspector within such area as may be notified by the State Government.
(3) Every Inspector so designated under sub-section (1) shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Inspector under this Act within such areas or in respect of such class of lifts or escalators installations and subject to such restrictions as the State Government may direct.
(4) The Municipal Corporation or the Municipality may authorise any person for the areas comprising of the Municipal Corporation or the Municipality, as the case may be, as may be specified and subject to such terms and conditions, who possesses the qualifications for being appointed as the Inspector or the Assistant Inspector, as the case may be, to exercise the powers and functions of the Inspector or the Assistant Inspector, respectively.]