Cap. 427 Art. 15Functions of Director General.

The Director General shall be responsible for the administration of this Part of this Act, and shall in the exercise of his functions and duties under this Act, be empowered:

(a) to prohibit, by order in writing, the placing on the market of any product which is unsafe or which does not comply with the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder;

(b) to prohibit, by order in writing, for such time as may be necessary for tests to be carried out, any person from supplying, offering or otherwise exposing any product or product batches whenever it appears in his discretion that there exist reasonable grounds to believe a product to be unsafe;

(c) to require, by order in writing, the immediate withdrawal of unsafe products from the market and, whenever he deems it necessary, to order the destruction of such products under such conditions as he may deem appropriate;

(d) to take such measures as he may consider to be necessary to suppress or prevent practices which are detrimental to product safety;

(e) to impose, by order in writing, conditions on product marketing, advertising, labelling and marking as may be necessary in the interest of public safety;

(f) to publish copies of orders issued by him under any of the provisions of this Act;

(g) to carry out or to cause to be carried out, on an adequate scale up to the final stage, of use all product control activities, including inspections, analyses, examinations or other investigations concerning the safety properties of products, even after such products have been placed on the market as safe; and

(h) to exercise any other functions as may be assigned to him by or under this Act or any other law.