9. Appointment of inspectors and their powers of entry and inspection.- (1) The State Government may, by notification, appoint such persons as it may think fit to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act, and define the local limits within which they shall exercise their powers under this Act. (2) Every inspector within the local limits of jurisdiction of an Executive Authority shall be subordinate to such authority. (3) Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the State Government, an inspector may, within the local limits of his jurisdiction, enter, at all reasonable times, with such assistance as he considers necessary, any place for the purpose of- (a) performing any of the functions of the Executive Authority entrusted to him;
(b) determining whether and if so in what manner, any such functions performed or whether any provisions of this Act or the rules, orders or schemes made thereunder or any notice, direction or authorisation served, made, given or granted under this Act is being or has been complied with; examining and testing any latrine, or for conducting an inspection of any building in which he has reason to believe that an offence under this Act or the rules, orders or schemes made thereunder has been or is being or is about to committed and to prevent or mitigate environmental pollution.
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