Section 12
Inspectors, their functions and duties
of Employees' Social Security Act 1969
The Minister may appoint such persons as Inspectors, as he thinks fit, for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), an Inspector appointed under subsection (1) shall have all the powers, functions and duties conferred under this Act.
(3)
An Inspector shall be subject to the direction and control of the
Director General or of such other officer or servant of the Organization as may be authorized by the Director General to act on behalf of the
Director General, and of any other Inspector superior to the Inspector in rank, and shall exercise his powers, perform his functions and discharge his duties under this Act in compliance with such directions, instructions, conditions, restrictions or limitations as the Director
General, or an officer or servant of the Organization authorized to act on behalf of the Director General or any other Inspector superior to the
Inspector in rank, may specify orally or in writing, either generally, or in any particular case or circumstances.
(4)
The Director General and Deputy Directors General shall have all the powers of an Inspector.