FACTORIES ACT
1948
CHAPTER I: 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.
- 7A. General duties of the occupier.
- 7B. General duties of manufacturers, etc., as regards articles and substances for use in factories.
CHAPTER II: THE INSPECTING STAFF
CHAPTER III: HEALTH
CHAPTER IV: 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.
CHAPTER IVA: 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.
CHAPTER V: WELFARE
CHAPTER VI: 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.
CHAPTER VII: 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.
CHAPTER VIII: ANNUAL LEAVE WITH WAGES
CHAPTER IX: 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.
CHAPTER X: 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 offences.
- 106. Limitation of prosecutions.
- 106A. Jurisdiction of a court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offence.
CHAPTER XI: SUPPLEMENTAL
- 107. Appeals.
- 108. Display of notices.
- 109. Service of notices.
- 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 rules
- 116. Application of Act to Government factories.
- 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.