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West Bengal Lifts and Escalators Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1955

.....apply to any lift or escalator in any mine within the meaning of the Mines Act, 1952, or to any lift or escalator to which the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948, apply. Section 2 Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "contract load" means the load specified in the maker's specification of a lift or an escalator as being the maximum load which the lift or the escalator is capable of carrying; (b) "contract speed" means the speed specified in the maker's specification of a lift or an escalator as being the maximum speed which the lift or the escalator is capable of attaining in the up direction with contract load; (c) "counterweight" means the weight or series of weights to counterbalance the weight of a lift car and part of the load; (d) "escalator" means a moving inclined continous stairway or runway used for raising and lowering passengers, which is worked by power; (e) "lift" means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a lift car which is designed to move in guides in a substantially vertical direction and is worked by power; (f) "lift car" includes the platform, car frame and the enclosure of a lift car; (g) "lift.....