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Factories Act, 1948 Section 13

Title: Ventilation and Temperature

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....and so designed that such temperature shall not be exceeded bill kept as tow as practicable; (ii) where the nature of the work carried on in the factory involves, or is likely to involve the production of excessively high temperatures, such adequate measures as are practicable shall be taken to protect the workers therefrom, by separating the process which produces such temperatures from the workroom, by insulating the hot parts or by other effective means. ( 2 ) The State Government may prescribe a standard of adequate ventilation and reasonable temperature for any factory or class or description of factories or parts thereof and direct that1[proper me asuring instruments, at such places and in such position as may be specified, shall be provided and such records, as may be prescribed, shall be maintained.] 2[( 3 ) If it appears to the Chief Inspector that excessively hi gh temperatures in any factory can be reduced by the adoption of suitable me asures, he may, without prejudice to the rules made under sub-section ( 2 ), serve on the occupier, an order in writing specifying the me asures which, in hi s opinion, should be adopted, and requiring them to be carried out.....

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 9

Title: Base Unit of Thermodynamic Temperature

State: Central

Year: 1976

(1) The base unit of thermodynamic temperature shall be the kelvin. (2) The "kelvin" is the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. (3) The kelvin shall also be used for expressing the interval or difference of temperature. (4) Zero degree Celsius corresponds to 273.15 kelvin. (5) The degree Celsius may also be used for expressing the interval or difference of temperature, unit degree Celsius being equal to unit kelvin.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....in 1867, 1882andagain in 1893and 1896 but all these attempts failed owing to legal and constitutional difficulties.Two of the principal contributory factors were the then limited powers of the Indian Legislature to legislate regarding shipping and the fact that part of the British Statute law on the subject, including parts of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, which is the principal United-Kingdom enactment on the subject, applied to Indian and any Indian enactment had to be in legal harmony with that law. A fresh attempt was made in 1921-22 to codify the Indian law on merchant shipping by the Statute Law Revision Committee, which decided that only consolidation, and not revision should be attempted immediately. The result was the Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1923, which is now on the Statute Book and which consolidated some 21 existing Indian Acts on the subject. This Act has also been amended from time to time, the two major amendments being those made in 1933 and in 1953 so as to take power to implement the provisions of the international conventions with respect to load lines, 1930, and with respect to safety of life at sea, 1948, respectively, which have been ratified by.....

Delhi Police Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1978

.....for further service in the police, the appointing authority shall forthwith permit him to withdraw from duty on his discharging, or giving a satisfactory security for the payment of any debt due from him as such police officer to Government or to any police fund : Provided that he shall forthwith return the certificate of appointment, arms, accoutrements, uniform and all other Government property in his possession before he is permitted to withdraw from duty. (7) If any such police officer of subordinate rank resigns or withdraws himself from the duties of his office in contravention of this section, he shall be liable on the orders of the appointing authority to forfeit all arrears of pay then due to him in addition to the penalty to which he may be liable under section 22 or any other law for the time being in force. (8) Every such police officer on leaving the service in the Delhi police as aforesaid shall be given by the appointing authority a Discharge Certificate in such form as may be prescribed. Section26 Certificate, arms etc., to be delivered by person ceasing to be a police officer (1) Every person who for any reason ceases to be a police officer shall.....

Merchant Shipping (Radio Direction Finders) Rules, 1968 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1968

.....used, (a) for any purpose other than the business of the ship or (b) for keeping the radio watch required by the rules framed under Sec. 296 of the Act. Rule 12 Calibration (1) The Master of every ship shall cause the radio directionfinder to be calibrated in accordance with this rule as soon as practicable after it has been installed in the ship and whenever any change is made in the position of the radio-direction-finder aerial system. (2) The radio direction-finder shall be calibrated by two persons the one being experienced in the taking of radio bearings and the other experienced in the taking of visual bearings. The calibration shall be carried out by taking simultaneous radio and visual bearings of a calibrating transmitter, and such bearings shall be taken at intervals of not greater than 5 degrees throughout 360 degrees on a frequency between 285 Kc/s and 315 Kc/s. (3) Calibration tables and curves shall be prepared on the basis of the bearings taken in accordance with sub-rule (2). (4) The Master of every ship shall cause the calibration tables and curves prepared in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this rule to be verified by means of check-bearings .....

Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....produce more and more standard and quality goods so as to help in inducing faster growth, increasing exports and making available goods to the satisfaction of the consumers. 3. The organisations for formulating standards have to be given due recognition and status to enable it to discharge its functions effectively and efficiently in the acceptance and promotion of Indian Standards not only in this country but even abroad. Apart from the representations of the industry, such an organisation should also have adequate representation for users and consumer organisations. Central and State Governments, research organisations and regulatory agencies. For all these reasons, it is considered necessary to have the organisation for standards as a statutory institution which will have adequate autonomy and flexibility in its operations and will also ensure that priority is given to various aspects of its functions in line with national priorities. 4. To achieve these objectives, it is proposed to set up a Bureau of Indian Standards as a stautory institution. 5. The Bill provides that the Bureau of Indian Standards will be a body corporate and specifies its composition and the constitution.....

The Factories Act, 1948 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1948

THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948 THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948 ACT NO. 63 OF 1948 1* [23rd September, 1948.] An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories; It is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Factories Act, 1948. 2*[(2) It extends to the whole of India 3***.] (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1949. 2. Interpretation. 2. Interpretation. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "adult" means a person who has completed his fifteenth year of age; (b) "adolescent" means a person who has completed his fifteen year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year; 4*[(bb) "calendar year" means the period of twelve months beginning with the first day of January in any year;] (c) "child" means a person who has not completed his fifteenth year of age; 5*[(ca)] "competent person", in relation to any provision of this Act, means a person or an institution recognized as such by the Chief.....

Information Technology Act, 2000 Chapter XI

Title: Offences

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....Act, 2008. Section 71 - Penalty for misrepresentation Whoever makes any misrepresentation to, or suppresses any material fact from the Controller or the Certifying Authority for obtaining any licence or 1[Electronic]Digital Signature Certificate, as the case may be, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Substituted vide Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. Previous text was digital Section 72 - Penalty for Breach of confidentiality and privacy Save as otherwise provided in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, if any person who, in pursuance of any of the powers conferred under this Act, rules or regulations made thereunder, has secured access to any electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other material without the consent of the person concerned discloses such electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other material to any other person shall be.....

Information Technology Act, 2000 Amending Act 1

Title: Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....appropriate Government may authorise the service providers to collect, retain and appropriate service charges under this section notwithstanding the fact that there is no express provision under the Act, rule, regulation or notification under which the service is provided to collect, retain and appropriate e-service charges by the service providers. (4) The appropriate Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the scale of service charges which may be charged and collected by the service providers under this section: Provided that the appropriate Government may specify different scale of service charges for different types of services.'. 8. Insertion of new section 7A After section 7 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- "7A. Audit of documents, etc., maintained in electronic form.-- Where in any law for the time being in force, there is a provision for audit of documents, records or information, that provision shall also be applicable for audit of documents, records or information processed and maintained in the electronic form.". 9. Insertion of new section 10A After section 10 of the principal Act, the.....

Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008 Part 2 50

Title: Amendments to the Information Technology Act, 2000

State: Central

Year: 2008

.....appropriate Government may authorise the service providers to collect, retain and appropriate service charges under this section notwithstanding the fact that there is no express provision under the Act, rule, regulation or notification under which the service is provided to collect, retain and appropriate e-service charges by the service providers. (4) The appropriate Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the scale of service charges which may be charged and collected by the service providers under this section: Provided that the appropriate Government may specify different scale of service charges for different types of services.'. 8. Insertion of new section 7A After section 7 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- "7A. Audit of documents, etc., maintained in electronic form.-- Where in any law for the time being in force, there is a provision for audit of documents, records or information, that provision shall also be applicable for audit of documents, records or information processed and maintained in the electronic form.". Section 9 - Insertion of new section 10A After section 10 of the principal.....