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Appointment of Inspecting Authority, Welfare Administrator and their powers.— (1) The Government may appoint Inspecting Authority, Welfare Administrator and such other officers and staff as it thinks necessary for the purposes of this Act. (2) Every person so appointed shall be deemed to be a public servant, within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 1860). (3) Any Inspecting Authority or Welfare Administrator may— (a) with such assistance, if any, as it thinks fit enter at any reasonable time, any place which he considers it necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act; and (b) do within such place anything necessary for the proper discharge of his duties.