(1) The State Government may by notification confer on any person:-
(a) all or any of the powers of a Financial Commissioner, Commissioner or Collector under this Act, or
(b) all or any of the powers with which an Assistant Collector may be invested thereunder, and may by notification withdraw any powers so conferred.
(2) A person on whom powers are conferred under sub-section (1) shall exercise those powers within such local limits and in such classes of
1. Sections 23-A and 23-B inserted vide H.P. Act No. 15 of 2000 and deleted vide H.P. Act No. 1 of 2004.
2. Sub-section (1) substituted vide H.P. Act No. 15 of 2000.
3. The words “and Revenue Courts” deleted vide H.P. Act No. 1 of 2004.
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND REVENUE ACT, 1954 23 cases as the State Government may direct, and except as otherwise directed by the State Government shall for all purposes connected with the exercise thereof, be deemed to be a Financial Commissioner, Commissioner, Collector or Assistant Collector, as the case may be.
(3) If any of the powers of a Collector under this Act are conferred on an Assistant Collector, they shall, unless the State Government by special order otherwise directs, be exercised by him subject to the control of the Collector.
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