The 1[State] Government may, by order notified in the Official Gazette direct that any power conferred or any duty imposed on it by this Act shall, in such circumstances and under such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the direction, be exercised or discharged by such officer, not being in the opinion of the 2[State] Government below the rank of a Collector, as may be so specified.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>The <sup>1</sup>[State] Government may, by order notified in the <i>Official Gazette</i> direct that any power conferred or any duty imposed on it by this Act shall, in such circumstances and under such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the direction, be exercised or discharged by such officer, not being in the opinion of the <sup>2</sup>[State] Government below the rank of a Collector, as may be so specified. <br>