Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
†(l) An Inspector General shall be appointed for the territories subject to each State Government and shall exercise, subject to the orders of the State Government the general control and Superintendence of all Prisons situated in territories under such Government. ¶”(2) The State Government may also appoint one or more Deputy Inspectors General of Prisons for the whole of such territories or any part thereof, and they shall exercise, carry out or discharge all or any of the powers, duties and functions of the Inspector General under this Act, or under any law for the time being in force, as the Inspector General may delegate to them, with the prior approval of the State Government.”