Section 12: Appointment of inspecting agents

The President shall appoint such number of companies as inspecting agents to carry out any pre-shipment inspection required by or pursuant to this Act.(2) In the exercise of the power to appoint an inspecting agent pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the President may appoint an inspecting agent to cover a specific country or countries or group of countries within a specified geographical location.
(3) Subject to the provisions of section 16 of this Act, nothing in subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be construed as preventing pre-shipment inspection pursuant to this Act of any goods (whether or not goods of a description mentioned in this Act) by any department or agency of the government of the Federation or of a State or of any statutory body (corporate or unincorporate) established by that government or accredited representative of that such government or by any exporter or his authorised agent.