law: Indian Boilers Act, 1923 
  5. Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspectors
  
  and Inspectors 
  
  (1) The State Government may appoint such persons as it thinks
  
  fit to be Inspectors for the State for the purposes of this Act, and may define
  
  the local limits within which each Inspector shall exercise the powers and
  
  perform the duties conferred and imposed on Inspectors by or under this Act.
  (2) The State Government may appoint such persons as it thinks
  
  fit to be Deputy Chief Inspectors for the State and may define the local limits
  
  within which each Deputy Chief Inspector shall exercise his powers and perform
  
  his duties under this Act.
  (3) Every Deputy Chief Inspector may exercise the powers and
  
  perform the duties conferred and imposed on Inspectors by or under this Act
  
  and, in addition thereto, may exercise such powers or perform such duties
  
  conferred or imposed on the Chief Inspector by or under this Act, as the State
  
  Government may assign to him.
  (4) The State Government shall appoint a person to be Chief
  
  Inspector for the State who may, in addition to the powers and duties conferred
  
  and imposed on the Chief Inspector by or under this Act, exercise any power or
  
  perform any duty so conferred or imposed on Deputy Chief Inspectors or
  
  Inspectors.
  (5) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Deputy Chief
  
  Inspectors and Inspectors shall exercise the powers and perform the duties
  
  conferred and imposed on them by or under this Act under the general
  
  superintendence and control of the Chief Inspector.
  (6) The Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors
  
  may offer such advice as they think fit to owners regarding the proper
  
  maintenance and safe working of boilers.
  (7) The Chief Inspector and all Deputy Chief Inspectors and
  
  Inspectors shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section
  
  21 of the Indian Penal Code.]