Appointment of Director and other officers of Central Narcotics Bureau
3.—(1)  The Minister may appoint a Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau and such numbers of Deputy Directors, Divisional Directors and other officers as the Minister may think fit.
[2/2006]
[Act 30 of 2012 wef 01/01/2013]
(2)  All officers of the Bureau appointed by the Minister before 12th December 1975 shall be deemed to have been appointed under subsection (1).
[49/75]
(3)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, the powers and functions conferred upon the Director under this Act, and the duties required to be discharged by him may, subject to such limitations as the Director may impose, be exercised and discharged by any Deputy Director or Divisional Director of the Central Narcotics Bureau duly authorised by the Director to act on his behalf.
[Act 30 of 2012 wef 01/01/2013]
(4)  The Director may issue such orders not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder, to be called General Orders, as he may think necessary and expedient for the control, direction and information of the officers of the Bureau.
[Act 30 of 2012 wef 01/01/2013]
(5)  It shall not be necessary to publish any General Orders in the Gazette.
[Act 30 of 2012 wef 01/01/2013]