law: Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 
  28. Appointment of
  
  Director and other staff. - 
  (1) The Central
  
  Government may, by notification, appoint a Director of Legal Metrology and as
  
  many Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Directors and other officers and
  
  staff as may be necessary for exercising the powers and efficiently discharging
  
  the duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act.
  (2) Every Additional,
  
  Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director and other officer, appointed under
  
  sub-section (1), shall exercise such powers, and discharge such functions of
  
  the Director as the Central Government may, by notification, authorize in this
  
  behalf.
  (3) The Director may,
  
  by general or special order, define the local limits within which each
  
  Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director or other officer, appointed
  
  under sub-section (1), shall exercise his powers and discharge the duties
  
  conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act.
  (4) Subject to the
  
  provisions of' this Act, every Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director
  
  and every other officer, appointed under sub-section (1), shall exercise his
  
  powers and discharge the duties of his office under the general
  
  superintendence, direction and control of the Director and shall exercise those
  
  powers and discharge those duties in the same manner and with the same effect
  
  as if they had been conferred or imposed on him directly by this Act and not by
  
  way of authorization.
  (5) The Director and
  
  every Additional, Joint, Deputy and Assistant Director and every other officer
  
  authorized to perform any duty by or under this Act shall be deemed to be a
  
  public servant within the meaning of Sec. 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of
  
  1860).
  (6) No suit,
  
  prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Director,
  
  Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Director or any other officer authorized
  
  to perform any duty by or under this Act in respect of anything which is in
  
  good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or any rule, or order
  
  made thereunder.
  (7) The Central
  
  Government may, with the consent of the State Government and subject to such
  
  conditions, limitations and restrictions as it may specify in this behalf
  
  delegate such of the powers of the Director under this Act as it may think fit
  
  to the person for the time being holding the office of the Controller of Legal
  
  Metrology, in the State, and such Controller may, if he is of opinion that it
  
  is necessary or expedient in the public interest so to do, delegate such of the
  
  powers delegated to him as he may think fit to any officer subordinate to him,
  
  not being an officer below the rank of an inspector, and where any such
  
  delegation of powers is made by such Controller, the person to whom such powers
  
  are delegated shall exercise those powers in the same manner and with the same
  
  effect as if they had been conferred on him directly by this Act and not by way
  
  of delegation.
  (8) Where any
  
  delegation of powers is made under sub-section (7), the powers so delegated shall
  
  be exercised under the general superintendence, direction and guidance of the
  
  Director.