Lawgist24Other penalties
Any person who--(a) uses or permits to be used a boiler of which he is the owner and which has been transferred from one State to another without such transfer having been reported as required by section 6, or
(b) being the owner of a boiler fails to cause the registered number allotted to the boiler under this Act to be marked on the boiler as required by sub-section (6) of section 7, or
(c) makes any structural alteration, addition or renewal in or to a boiler without first obtaining the sanction of the Chief Inspector when so required by section 12, or to a steam-pipe without first informing the Chief Inspector when so required by section 13, or
(d) fails to report an accident to a boiler or steam-pipe when so required by section 18, or
(e) tampers with a safety valve of a boiler so as to render it inoperative at the maximum pressure at which the use of the boiler is authorized under this Act.
1[(f) allows another person to go inside a boiler without effectively disconnecting the same in the prescribed manner from any steam or hot water connection with any other boiler or from fuel mains,]
shall be 2[punishable with imprisonment which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both].
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1. Ins. by Act 18 of 1960, s. 12.
2. Subs. by Act 49 of 2007, s. 22, for "punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees" (w.e.f. 27-5-2008).
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 2A Application of Act to feed-pipes
- 2B Application of Act to economisers
- 3 Limitation of Application
- 4 Power to limit extent
- 4A Technical Adviser
- 4B Welders certificate
- 4C Conditions precedent for manufacture of boiler land boiler componen
- 4D Inspection during manufacture
- 4E Inspection during erection
- 4F Conditions precedent for repairing boiler and boiler component
- 5 Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors
- 6 Prohibition of use of unregistered or uncertified boiler
- 7 Registration
- 8 Renewal of certificate
- 9 Provisional orders
- 10 Use of boiler pending grant of certificate
- 11 Revocation of certificate or provisional order
- 12 Alterations and renewals to boilers
- 13 Alterations and renewals to steam-pipes
- 14 Duty of owner at examination
- 15 Production of certificates, etc
- 16 Transfer of certificates, etc
- 17 Powers of entry
- 18 Report of accidents
- 19 Appeals to Chief Inspector
- 20 Appeals to appellate authority
- 20A Power of Central Government to revise order of appellate authority
- 21 Finality of orders
- 22 Minor penalties
- 23 Penalties for illegal use of boiler
- 24 Other penalties
- 25 Penalty for tampering with register mark
- 26 Limitation and previous sanction for prosecutions
- 27 Trial of offences
- 27A Central Boilers Board
- 28 Power to make regulations
- 28A Power of Central Government to make rules
- 29 Power to make rules
- 30 Penalty for breach of rules
- 31 Publication of regulations and rules
- 31A Power of Central Government to give directions
- 32 Recovery of fees, etc
- 33 Applicability to the Government
- 34 Exemptions
- 35 [Repealed.]
