9. (1) The Government may appoint a Mines Labour Welfare Commissioner and such number of inspectors, Welfare Officers and other staff as it thinks fit to supervise and carry out measures financed from the Fund. (2) The Commissioner or any Inspector or Welfare Officer may, with such assistance, if any, as he thinks fit, enter at all reasonable times any place which he considers it necessary to enter for the purpose of supervising or carrying out the measures financed from the Fund, and may do therein anything necessary for the proper discharge of his duties. (3) Any person appointed under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the ¹[* * *] Penal Code.