(1) The Director-General shall be the principal administrative officer of the Force subject to the overall control of the Government. He shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed.
(2) Subject to the provisions of the sub-section (1) the administration of the Force within such local limits as may Appointment and powers of the Director-General and Supervisory Officers.
Appointment of enrolled members of the Force.
Certificates of members of the Force.
Superintendence and administration of the Force.
[Act No.25 of 1991] 5 be prescribed shall be carried on by the Inspector-General, Deputy Inspector General, Commandant, Deputy Commandant or Assistant Commandant in accordance with the provisions of this Act and any rules made thereunder and every supervisory officer placed in charge of the protection and security of Government Treasuries, Institutions, autonomous bodies, industrial under-takings assets owned and controlled by the State and Central Governments and strategic and vital installations in the State shall function on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed and shall subject to any direction that may be given by the Government or the Director-General in this behalf, discharge his functions under the general supervision, direction and control of the authority in charge of the institutions, autonomous bodies or strategic and vital installations and managing directors of industrial undertakings.
8. It shall be the duty of every officer and member of the Force:-
(i) to obey and execute all orders lawfully issued to him by his superior authority;
(ii) to protect and safeguard the Government Treasuries, institutions, autonomous bodies, industrial undertakings and assets owned and controlled by the State Government or strategic and vital installations under their control;
(iii) to protect and safeguard such other industrial undertakings and installations for the protection and security of which he is deputed under section 9;
(iv) to protect and safeguard the employees of the Industrial Undertakings and installations referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii);
Duties of members of Force.
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(v) to do any other act conductive to the protection and security of the institutions, autonomous, bodies, industrial undertakings and assets or strategic and vital installations referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) and the employees referred to in clause (iv).
9. Subject to any general direction of the Government and the recovery of charges of the force on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed under clause (j) of subsection (2) of section 21 of the Act, it shall be lawful for the Director-General on a request received in this behalf from the authority in charge of the establishments, institutions, autonomous bodies, industrial undertakings and assets, or strategic vital installations, which are not owned or controlled by the State Government or which are financed, owned or controlled by the Central Government, showing the necessity thereof, to depute such number of the members of the Force as the Director-General may consider necessary for the protection and security thereof and any installations attached thereto and the members of the Force so deputed shall be at the charge of such officer or authority as directed by the Director-General or any other officer on his behalf:
Provided that in the case of an establishment, institution, autonomous body, undertaking, strategic or vital installations controlled or managed,-
(a) by a Government Company in which the Government is not having interest, no such request shall be entertained unless it is made with the consent of the Director-General or with the approval of the Government;
(b) if the Director-General is of the opinion that the circumstances necessitating the deputation of the members of the Force in relation to an institution, autonomous body, an industrial undertaking and assets or strategic and vital Deputation of the Force.
[Act No.25 of 1991] 7 installations under sub-clause (a) have ceased to exist, he may withdraw the members of the Force so deputed without assigning any reason thereof;
(c) every member of the Force while discharging his functions during the period of deputation shall continue to exercise the same powers and be subject to the same responsibilities, discipline and penalties as would have been applicable to him under this Act, if he had been discharging those duties in relation to an establishment, an institution, an autonomous body, an industrial undertaking and assets or strategic and vital installations of State Government.