Bombay Lifts Act, 1939, (Maharashtra) Section 3 - Bare Act

Act Info:

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-

(a) "Inspector of Lifts" means an officer appointed as such by the ¹[State] Government;

(b) "Licence" means a licence granted under section 5;

(c) "Lift" means a hoisting mechanism equipped with a ²[car] which moves in a substantially vertical direction, is worked by power and is ³[designed to carry passengers or goods or both];

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⁵[(d) "Lift car" means the cage or car of a lift used whether for the conveyance of passengers or goods or both and includes the floor or platform, car framed, sling and enclosing body work but shall not include a hoist or lift to which the Factories Act, 1948, applies];

(e) "Lift installation" includes the lift⁶[car], the lift way, the lift way enclosure and the operating mechanism of the lift and all ropes, cables, wires and plant, directly connected with the operation of the lift;

(f) "Lift way" means the shaft in which the lift⁶[car] travels;

(g) "Lift way enclosure" includes any permanent substantial structure surrounding or enclosing the lift way;

(h) "Power" means any form of energy which is not generated by human or animal agency;

(i) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules;

(j) "Rules" means rules made under section 12.

NOTIFICATION

No. ELD. 1886/3680/CR/NRG-2, dated 13.6.86 (M.G.G., Pt. IV-B. p. 408).-

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of section 3 and sections 4, 5, 7A and 8 of the Bombay Lifts Act, 1939 (Bom. X of 1939), the Government of Maharashtra hereby -

(a) appoints the Chief Engineer (Electrical) to Government to be the Inspector of Lifts for the whole of the State of Maharashtra; and

(b) authorises him for the purposes of sections 4, 5, 7A and 8 of the said Act.

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1. This word was substituted for the word Provincial by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.

2. This word was submitted for the word cage by Bom. 32 of 1955, section 2(1)(a).

3. These words were substituted for the words designed or is actually used to carry passengers , ibid., section 2(1)(b).

4. The Explanation was deleted by Bom. 32 of 1955, section 2(1)(c).

5. This clause was substituted for the original clause, ibid., section 2(2).

6. This word was substituted for the word cage , ibid., section 3.