(1) Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, the Government may appoint such number of officers of the Government in the cadre of Assistant Director of Agriculture as Oilpalm Inspectors, for such areas as may be specified, to exercise the powers and perform the functions vested in the Oilpalm Inspectors under this Act.
(2) Not with standing anything contained in sub-section(1), the Government may designate such number of officers of the Government in the cadre of Assistant Director of Agriculture as Oilpalm Inspectors to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Oilpalm Inspectors under this Act.
10. The occupier of the factory in every factory zone shall maintain in such form and in such manner, as may be prescribed, a register of oilpalm growers in the zone attached to the factory in accordance with the provisions of section11. The register shall be updated periodically and at least every year and shall always be available in the office of the factory for inspection by the Oilpalm Inspector or any other authority authorized by the Government or Oilpalm Commissioner in this behalf. A copy of the list of oilpalm growers and the Oilpalm Growers’ Co-operative Societies in the zone concerned as in the register shall also be made available by the said occupier to the Zonal Committee. It shall be competent for the Oilpalm Commissioner, on the report submitted by the inspecting authority, to order such corrections as he deems fit in the register maintained under this section.