Section 4: Appointment of inspecting agents

(1) The President shall appoint such number of bodies corporate 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) Nothing in subsection (1) or (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 any statutory body (corporate or unincorporate) established by any such government or any accredited representative of any such government or by any importer or his authorised agent.