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Power to invest persons with special powers under this Act. - The State Government may by notification invest any person, not being an excise officer, with power to perform all or any ofthe functions of an excise officer, under this Act, and such person shall in the exercise of these functions be deemed to be an excise officer. NOTES Scope and Applicability. - Every Excise Officer appointed under the Act (i.e. not below the rank of Excise Inspector), and every police officer upto the rank of Head Constable or above are invested with the powers of Excise Officer to investigate and submit a report if he found any violation to the provisions of this Act at any place within their jurisdiction if specified and to submit such report to the Magistrate concerned for further necessary action. In addition to the above, the Government by way of notification under this Section, may in- vest any other officer with the same powers. These provisions facilitate the authorities to meet with the exigencies of the temporary needs where and when the Government feels it not possible or practicable to appoint additional staff under the Act permanently or temporarily but the need arises to apply and comply with provisions of the Act.