4. (1) The Government may appoint persons, by name or by virtue of their office, to be inspectors of the railway. (2) The duties of an Inspector of the railway shall be- (a) to inspect the railway with a view to determine whether they are fit to be opened for the public carriage of passengers, and to report thereon to the Government as required by this Act; (b) to make such periodical or other inspections of any railway or of any rolling-stock used thereon as the Government may direct; (c) to make inquiry under this Act into the cause of any accident on the railway; (d) to perform such other duties as are imposed on him by this Act, or any other enactment for the time being in force relating to the railway.

5. An Inspector shall, for the purpose of any of the duties which he is required or authorised to perform under this Act, be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the ¹[Penal Code], and, subject to the control of the Government, shall for that purpose have the following powers, namely:- (a) to enter upon and inspect any railway or any rolling-stock used thereon; (b) by an order in writing under his hand addressed to the railway administration, to require the attendance before him of any railway servant, and to require answers or returns to such inquiries as he thinks fit to make from such railway servant or from the railway administration; (c) to require the production of ²[the] book or document belonging to or in the possession or control of any railway administration ³[* * *] which it appears to him to be necessary to inspect.

6. The railway administration shall afford to the Inspector all reasonable facilities for performing the duties and exercising the powers imposed and conferred upon him by this Act.