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FACTORIES ACT

1948

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Related Legislation: - Andhra Pradesh Factory Rules , 1950 - Assam Factories (Safety) Officers Rule, 1980 , 1980 - Assam Factories Welfare Officers (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1950 , 1950 - The Gujarat Factories Rules , 1963 - The Factories (Haryana) Exempting Rules , 1980 - The Punjab Factories Rules , 1952 - The Himachal Pradesh Factories Rules , 1950 - Karnataka Factories (Exemption of Workers) Rules , 1976 - Karnataka Factories Rules , 1969 - The Control of Major Industrial Accident Hazard (Karnataka) Rules , 1994 - The Karnataka Factories (Defining the Persons Holding Position of Supervision or Management) Rules , 1981 - The Control of Major Industrial Accident Hazard (Kerala) Rules , 1993 - The Kerala Factories Rules , 1957 - Maharashtra Welfare Officers (Duties, Qualifications and Conditions of Service) Rules , 1966 - Maharastra Safety Officers (Duties, Qualification and Conditions of Service) Rules , 1982 - The Maharashtra Factories (Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards) Rules , 2003 - The Maharashtra Factories Rules , 1963 - Madhya Pradesh Factory Rules , 1962 - Delhi Factory Rules , 1950 - The Puducherry Factories Rules , 1964 - The Factories (Punjab) Exempting Rules , 1993 - The Punjab Factories Rules , 1952 - Rajasthan Factories Rules , 1951 - The Tamil Nadu Factories Rules , 1950 - UP Factories Rules , 1950 - The West Bengal Factory Rules , 1958

Full Text

Chapter I - Preliminary
Section 1 .  Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 .  Interpretation
Section 3 .  References to time of day
Section 4 .  Power to declare different departments to be separate factories or two or more factories to be a single factory
Section 5 .  Power to exempt during public emergency
Section 6 .  Approval, licensing and registration of factories
Section 7 .  Notice by occupier
Section 7-A .  General duties of the occupier
Section 7-B .  General duties of manufactures, etc. as regards articles and substances for use in factories.
Chapter II - The Inspection Staff
Section 8 .  Inspectors
Section 9 .  Powers of Inspectors
Section 10 .  Certifying surgeons
Chapter III - Health
Section 11 .  Cleanliness
Section 12 .  Disposal of wastes and effluents
Section 13 .  Ventilation and temperature
Section 14 .  Dust and fume
Section 15 .  Artificial humidification
Section 16 .  Overcrowding
Section 17 .  Lighting
Section 18 .  Drinking water
Section 19 .  Latrines and urinals
Section 20 .  Spittoons
Chapter IV - Safety
Section 21 .  Fencing of machinery
Section 22 .  Work on or near machinery in motion
Section 23 .  Employment of young persons on dangerous machines
Section 24 .  Striking gear and devices for cutting off power
Section 25 .  Self-acting machines
Section 26 .  Casing of new machinery
Section 27 .  Prohibition if employment of women and children near cotton openers
Section 28 .  Hoists and lifts
Section 29 .  Lifting machines, chains, ropes and lifting tackles
Section 30 .  Revolving machinery
Section 31 .  Pressure plant
Section 32 .  Floors, stairs and means of access
Section 33 .  Pits, sumps, opening in floors, etc
Section 34 .  Excessive weights
Section 35 .  Protection of eyes
Section 36 .  Precautions against dangerous fumes, gases, etc.
Section 36-A .  Precaution regarding the use of portable electric light
Section 37 .  Explosive or inflammable dust, gas, etc.
Section 38 .  Precautions in case of fire
Section 39 .  Power to require specifications of defective parts or tests of stability
Section 40 .  Safety of buildings and machinery
Section 40-A .  Maintenance of buildings
Section 40-B .  Safety Officers
Section 41 .  Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
Chapter IV-A - Provisions Relating To Hazardous Processes
Section 41-A .  Constitution of Site Appraisal Committees
Section 41-B .  Compulsory disclosure of information by the occupier
Section 41-C .  Specific responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardous processes
Section 41-D .  Power of central Government to appoint Inquiry Committee
Section 41-E .  Emergency standards
Section 41-F .  Permissible limits of exposure of chemical and toxic substances
Section 41-G .  Workers' participation in safety management
Section 41-H .  Right of workers to worn about imminent danger
Chapter V - Welfare
Section 42 .  Washing facilities
Section 43 .  Facilities for storing and drying clothing
Section 44 .  Facilities for sitting
Section 45 .  First-aid appliances
Section 46 .  Canteens
Section 47 .  Shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms
Section 48 .  Creches
Section 49 .  Welfare officers
Section 50 .  Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
Chapter VI - Working Hours of Adults
Section 51 .  Weekly hours
Section 52 .  Weekly holidays
Section 53 .  Compensatory holidays
Section 54 .  Daily hours
Section 55 .  Intervals for rest
Section 56 .  Spreadover
Section 57 .  Night shifts
Section 58 .  Prohibition of overlapping shift
Section 59 .  Extra wages for overtime
Section 60 .  Restriction on double employment
Section 61 .  Notice of periods of work for adults
Section 62 .  Register of adult workers
Section 63 .  Hours of work to correspond with notice under Section 61 and register under Section 62
Section 64 .  Power to make exempting rules
Section 65 .  Power to make exempting orders
Section 66 .  Further restrictions on employment of women
Chapter VII - Employment of Young Persons
Section 67 .  Prohibition of employment of young children
Section 68 .  Non-adult workers to carry tokens
Section 69 .  Certificates of fitness
Section 70 .  Effect of certificate of fitness granted to adolescent
Section 71 .  Working hours for children
Section 72 .  Notice of periods of work for children
Section 73 .  Register of child workers
Section 74 .  Hours of work to correspond with notice under Section 72 and register under section 73
Section 75 .  Power to require medical examination
Section 76 .  Power to make rules
Section 77 .  Certain other provisions of law not barred
Chapter VIII - Annual Leave with Wages
Section 78 .  Application of Chapter
Section 79 .  Annual leave with wages
Section 80 .  Wages during leave period
Section 81 .  Payment in advance in certain cases
Section 82 .  Mode of recovery of unpaid wages
Section 83 .  Power to make rules
Section 84 .  Power to exempt factories
Chapter IX - Special Provisions
Section 85 .  Power to apply the Act to certain premises
Section 86 .  Power to exempt public institution
Section 87 .  Dangerous operations
Section 87-A .  Power to prohibit employment on account of serious hazard
Section 88 .  Notice of certain accidents
Section 88-A .  Notice of certain dangerous occurrences
Section 89 .  Notice of certain diseases
Section 90 .  Power to direct enquiry into cases of accident or disease
Section 91 .  Power to take samples
Section 91-A .  Safety and occupational health surveys
Chapter X - Penalties and Procedure
Section 92 .  General penalty for offences
Section 93 .  Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstances
Section 94 .  Enhanced penalty after previous conviction
Section 95 .  Penalty for obstructing Inspector
Section 96 .  Penalty for wrongfully disclosing results of analyses under section 91
Section 96-A .  Penalty for contravention of the provisions of Sections 41-B, 41-C and 41-H
Section 97 .  Offences by workers
Section 98 .  Penalty for using false certificate of fitness
Section 99 .  Penalty for permitting double employment of child
Section 100 .  Determination of occupier in certain cases
Section 101 .  Exemption of occupier or manager from liability in certain cases
Section 102 .  Power of Court to make orders
Section 103 .  Presumption as to employment
Section 104 .  Onus as to age
Section 104-A .  Onus of proving limits of what is practicable, etc
Section 105 .  Cognizance of offence
Section 106 .  Limitation of prosecutions
Section 106-A .  Jurisdiction of a court for entertaining proceedings, etc. for offence
Chapter XI - Supplemental
Section 107 .  Appeals
Section 108 .  Display of notices
Section 109 .  Service of notice
Section 110 .  Returns
Section 111 .  Obligations of workers
Section 111-A .  Right of workers, etc.
Section 112 .  General power to make rules
Section 113 .  Power of Centre to give directions
Section 114 .  No charge for facilities and conveniences
Section 115 .  Publication of rules
Section 116 .  Application of Act to Government factories
Section 117 .  Protection to persons acting under this Act
Section 118 .  Restriction on disclosure of information
Section 118-A .  Restriction on disclosure of information
Section 119 .  Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 37 of 1970
Section 120 .  Repeal and savings