(1)Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, the Central Government mayappoint supervisors of railway labour.
(2) The duties ofsupervisors of railways labour shall be--
(i)to inspect railways in order to determine whether the provisions of this Chapteror of the rules made thereunder are duly observed; and
(ii)to perform such other functions as may be prescribed.
(3)A supervisor of railway labour shall be deemed to be a Commissioner for thepurposes of sections 7 and 9.