11. Development Commissioner.—(1) The Central Government may appoint any of its officers not
below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India as the Development Commissioner of one
or more Special Economic Zones.
(2) The Central Government may appoint such officers and other employees as it considers necessary
to assist the Development Commissioner in the performance of his functions in the Special Economic
Zones established by a Developer (other than the Central Government) under this Act on such terms and
conditions as it deems fit.
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(3) Every Development Commissioner, officer and other employee shall be entitled to such salary and
allowances and subject to such terms and conditions of service in respect of leave, pension, provident
fund and other matters as may, from time to time, be specified by the Central Government.
12. Functions of Development Commissioner.—(1) Every Development Commissioner shall take
all steps in order to discharge his functions under this Act to ensure speedy development of the Special
Economic Zone and promotion of exports therefrom.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the Development Commissioner
shall—
(a) guide the entrepreneurs for setting up of Units in the Special Economic Zone;
(b) ensure and take suitable steps for effective promotion of exports from the Special Economic
Zone;
(c) ensure proper co-ordination with the Central Government or State Government Departments
concerned or agencies with respect to, or for the purposes, of clauses (a) and (b);
(d) monitor the performance of the Developer and the Units in a Special Economic Zone;
(e) discharge such other functions as may be assigned to him by the Central Government under
this Act or any other law for the time being in force; and
(f) discharge such other functions as may be delegated to him by the Board.
(3) Every Development Commissioner shall be overall in-charge of the Special Economic Zone and
shall exercise administrative control and supervision over the officers and employees appointed under
sub-section (2) of section 11 (including the officials deputed to such Special Economic Zone) to discharge
any of the functions under this Act.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-sections (1) to (3), every Development Commissioner
shall discharge such functions and exercise such powers as may be delegated to him by a general or
special order by the Central Government or the State Government concerned, as the case may be.
(5) Every Development Commissioner may call for such information from a Developer or Unit from
time to time as may be necessary to monitor the performance of the Developer or the Unit, as the case
may be.
(6) The Development Commissioner may delegate any or all of his powers or functions to any of the
officers employed under him.