LawgistThe Factories Act
97Offences by workers
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 111, if any worker employed in a factory contravenes any provision of this Act or any rules or orders made thereunder, imposing any duty or liability on workers, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 1[five hundred rupees].
(2) Where a worker is convicted of an offence punishable under sub-section (1) the occupier or manager of the factory shall not be deemed to be guilty of an offence in respect of that contravention, unless it is proved that he failed to take all reasonable measures for its prevention.
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1. Subs. by s. 35, ibid., for "twenty rupees" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987).
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- 100 Repealed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
