The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000
9. Appointment of
enforcement officers.-
1.
The
Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such
of the officers of the National Authority as it thinks fit to be enforcement
officers for the purposes of this Act.
2.
The
State Government may, as and when so directed by the Central Government and by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such of its officers of gazetted
rank as it thinks fit to be enforcement officers for the purposes of this Act
and assign to them such local limits as it may think fit.
3.
Every
officer appointed as enforcement officer under sub-section (1) or under
sub-section (2) shall be furnished by the Central Government or by the State
Government, as the case may be, with a certificate of appointment as an
enforcement officer and the certificate shall, on demand, be produced by such
enforcement officer.