Section 64: Appointment of inspectors.

(1) There shall be, for the purpose of executing this Act, a Director of Factories of the Federation and such inspectors of factories and other officers, by whatever name called.
(2) Notice of the appointment of the Director of Factories and inspectors of factories and other officers shall be published in the Gazette.
(3) The Minister shall issue to every person appointed under subsection (1) of this section a certificate of appointment and when visiting a factory or place to which any of the provisions of this Act shall apply, such person shall, if required to do so, produce the certificate to the occupier or other person holding a responsible position of management at the factory.
(4) A person who is the occupier of a factory, or who is directly interested in the factory or in any process or business carried on therein or in a patent connected therewith or is employed in or about a factory, shall not act as an inspector.
(5) No inspector shall publish or disclose to any person the details of any manufacturing or commercial or working process which may come to his knowledge in the course of his duties except in so far as is necessary-
(a) for the purposes of a prosecution for an offence under this Act;
(b) for the purposes of a coroner's inquest; or
(c) for the purpose of an enquiry under any provision of this Act in connection with the safety of any premises or in connection with an occupational disease.
(6) An inspector shall treat as absolutely confidential the source of any complaint bringing to his notice a contravention of the provisions of this Act and shall give no intimation to the occupier or his representative that a visit of inspection was made in consequence of such complaint.
(7) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (4), (5) or (6) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.