(a) promptly to obey and execute all orders lawfully issued to him by his superior authority;

(b) to protect and safeguard the industrial undertakings owned by the Central Government together with such other installations as are specified by that Government to be vital for the carrying on of work in those undertakings, situate within the local limits of his jurisdiction:

(c) to protect and safeguard [, any joint venture, private industrial undertaking and such other industrial undertakings and] [Inserted by Act 22 of 2009, Section 6 (w.r.e.f. 10.1.2009). ] installations for the protection and security of which he is deputed under section 14;

(d) [ to protect and safeguard the employees of the industrial undertakings and installations referred to in clauses (b) and (c) ; [Substituted by Act 20 of 1989, Section 4, for Clause (d) (w.e.f. 18.5.1989). ]

(e) to do any other act conducive to the better protection and security of the industrial undertakings and installations referred to in clauses (b) and (c) and the employees referred to in clause (d) ;]

(f) [ to provide technical consultancy services relating to security of any private sector industrial establishments under section 14-A; [Inserted by Act 40 of 1999, Section 7 (w.e.f. 29.12.1999). ]

(g) to protect and safeguard the organisations owned or funded by the Government and the employees of such organisations as may be entrusted to him by the Central Government;

(h) any other duty [within and outside India] which may be entrusted to him by the Central Government from time to time.]