13. (1) The Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint such persons as it thinks fit, having the prescribed qualifications, to be Seed Inspectors and define the areas within which they shall exercise jurisdiction. (2) Every Seed Inspector shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860) and shall be officially subordinate to such authority as the Government may specify in this behalf.