6. Replacement of section 5 of the principal enactment

Section 5 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:—

5. The Director-General may, delegate by an authorization in writing in that behalf to any Divisional Secretary of a Division within which any part of the coastal zone in situated or to any prescribed public officer, as the case may be, any power, duty and function conferred or imposed on, or assigned to, the

Director-General, by this Act, other than any power, duty or function falling within Part III of the Act. The Divisional Secretary or the prescribed public officer shall within such

Divisional Secretary’s Division or other area of authority exercise, perform and discharge the power, duty or function so delegated subject to the general direction and control of the

Director-General.”.