Section Text
1) Nothing in this Act shall apply in the case of any boiler or steam-pipe-
(a) in any steamship as defined in section 3 of the Indian Steamships Act, 1884, or in any steam-vessel as defined in section 2 of the Inland Steam-vessels Act, 1917; or 15[(b) belonging to, or under the control of, the Army, Navy, or Air Force];16[or (c) appertaining to a sterlizer or disinfector of a type such as is commonly used in hospitals, if the boiler does not exceed23[ninety one litres] in capacity.]
(2) The17[Central Government] may, by22notification in the18[Official Gazette] declare that the provisions of this Act shall not apply in the case of boilers or steam-pipes, or of any specified class of boilers or steam-pipes, belonging to or under the control of any railways administered19 [by the]20[Central Government] or by any18[State Government] or by any railway company as defined in clause (5) of section 3 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890.21[* * * * *]