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Factories Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories.
| Act Id | 194863 |
| Act Number | 63 |
| Enactment Date | 1948-09-23 |
| Act Year | 1948 |
| Ministry | Ministry of Labour and Employment |
| Enforcement Date | 01-04-1949 |
- PRELIMINARY
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Interpretation
- 3 References to time of day
- 4 Power to declare different departments to be separate factories or two or more factories to be a single factory
- 5 Power to exempt during public emergency
- 6 Approval, licensing and registration of factories
- 7 Notice by occupier
- THE INSPECTING STAFF
- HEALTH
- SAFETY
- 21 Fencing of machinery
- 22 Work on or near machinery in motion
- 23 Employment of young persons on dangerous machines
- 24 Striking gear and devices for cutting off power
- 25 Self-acting machines
- 26 Casing of new machinery
- 27 Prohibition of employment of women and children near cotton-openers
- 28 Hoists and lifts
- 29 Lifting machines, chains, ropes and lifting tackles
- 30 Revolving machinery
- 31 Pressure plant
- 32 Floors, stairs and means of access
- 33 Pits, sumps openings in floors, etc
- 34 Excessive weights
- 35 Protection of eyes
- 36 Precautions against dangerous fumes, gases, etc
- 36A Precautions regarding the use of portable electric light
- 37 Explosive or inflammable dust, gas, etc
- 38 Precautions in case of fire
- 39 Power to require specifications of defective parts or tests of stability
- 40 Safety of buildings and machinery
- 40A Maintenance of buildings
- 40B Safety officers
- 41 Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
- PROVISIONS RELATING TO HAZARDOUS PROCESSES
- 41A Constitution of Site Appraisal Committee
- 41B Compulsory disclosure of information by the occupier
- 41C Specific responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardous processes
- 41D Power of Central Government to appoint Inquiry Committee
- 41E Emergency standards
- 41F Permissible limits of exposure of chemical and toxic substances
- 41G Workers’ participation in safety management
- 41H Right of workers to warn about imminent danger
- WELFARE
- WORKING HOURS OF ADULTS
- 51 Weekly hours
- 52 Weekly holidays
- 53 Compensatory holidays
- 54 Daily hours
- 55 Intervals for rest
- 56 Spread over
- 57 Night shifts
- 58 Prohibition of overlapping shifts
- 59 Extra wages for overtime
- 60 Restriction on double employment
- 61 Notice of periods of work for adults
- 62 Register of adult workers
- 63 Hours of work to correspond with notice under section 61 and register under section 62
- 64 Power to make exempting rules
- 65 Power to make exempting orders
- 66 Further restrictions on employment of women
- EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS
- 67 Prohibition of employment of young children
- 68 Non-adult workers to carry tokens
- 69 Certificates of fitness
- 70 Effect of certificate of fitness granted to adolescent
- 71 Working hours for children
- 72 Notice of periods of work for children
- 73 Register of child workers
- 74 Hours of work to correspond with notice under section 72 and register under section 73
- 75 Power to require medical examination
- 76 Power to make rules
- 77 Certain other provisions of law not barred
- ANNUAL LEAVE WITH WAGES
- SPECIAL PROVISIONS
- 85 Power to apply the Act to certain premises
- 86 Power to exempt public institutions
- 87 Dangerous operations
- 87A Power to prohibit employment on account of serious hazard
- 88 Notice of certain accidents
- 88A Notice of certain dangerous occurrences
- 89 Notice of certain diseases
- 90 Power to direct enquiry into cases of accident or disease
- 91 Power to take samples
- 91A Safety and occupational health surveys
- PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
- 92 General penalty for offences
- 93 Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstances
- 94 Enhanced penalty after previous conviction
- 95 Penalty for obstructing Inspector
- 96 Penalty for wrongfully disclosing results of analysis under section 91
- 96A Penalty for contravention of the provisions of sections 41B, 41C and 41H
- 97 Offences by workers
- 98 Penalty for using false certificate of fitness
- 99 Penalty for permitting double employment of child
- 100 Repealed
- 101 Exemption of occupier or manager from liability in certain cases
- 102 Power of Court to make orders
- 103 Presumption as to employment
- 104 Onus as to age
- 104A Onus of proving limits of what is practicable, etc
- 105 Cognizance of offence
- 106 Limitation of prosecutions
- 106A Jurisdiction of a court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offence
- SUPPLEMENTAL
- 107 Appeals
- 108 Display of notices
- 109 Service of notice
- 110 Returns
- 111 Obligations of workers
- 111A Right of workers, etc
- 112 General power to make rules
- 113 Powers of Centre to give directions
- 114 No charge for facilities and conveniences
- 115 Publication of rule
- 116 Application of Act to Government factorie
- 117 Protection to persons acting under this Act
- 118 Restrictions on disclosure of information
- 118A Restriction on disclosure of information
- 119 Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 37 of 1970
- 120 Repeal and savings
