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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Factories Act, 1948 Section 39

Power to Require Specifications of Defective Parts or Tests of Stability

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Factories Act, 1948 Section 39 is part of Factories Act, 1948 - Power to Require Specifications of Defective Parts or Tests of Stability. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

If it appears to the Inspector that any building or part of a building or any part of the ways, machinery or plant in a factory is in such a condition that it may be dangerous to human life or safe t y, he may serve on1[the occupier or manger or both] of the factory an order in writing requiring hi m before a specified date --

(a) to furnish such drawings, specifications and other particulars as may be necessary to determine whether such building, ways, machinery or plant can be used with safety, or

(b) to carry out such tests in such manner as may be specified in the order, and to inform the Inspector of the results thereof.

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1.Substituted by Act 94 of 1976, section 18, for "the manager" (w.e.f. 26-10-1976).

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What does Factories Act, 1948 Section 39 provide?

Section Section 39 of the Factories Act, 1948 (Power to Require Specifications of Defective Parts or Tests of Stability) is reproduced on this page as part of the Factories Act, 1948. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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