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Indian Dock Labourers Act, 1934 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986

State: Central

Year: 1934

.....charge of such place an order prohibiting any dock work in such place until measures have been taken to remove the cause of the danger to his satisfaction. (2) An Inspector serving an order under sub-section (1) shall endorse a copy to the Chief Inspector who may modify or cancel the order without waiting for an appeal. 6. Facilities to be afforded to an Inspector The owner or the person in charge of the place at which any dock work is being carried on, shall afford the Chief Inspector or the Inspector all reasonable facilities for making any entry, inspection, survey, measurement, examination or inquiry under this Act or the regulations. 7. Restrictions on disclosure of information (1) All copies of, and extracts from, registers or other records in relation to any dock work and all other information required by the Chief Inspector or an Inspector or by any one assisting him, in the course of the inspection or investigation carried out for the purposes of this Act or the regulations shall be regarded as confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person or authority unless such disclosure is for the purpose of any action or proceeding under this Act or the.....

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 Section 11

Title: Obligations of Dock Workers

State: Central

Year: 1986

(1) No dock worker shall-- (a) wilfully interfere with, or misuse, any appliance, convenience or other thing provided in connection with any dock work for the purpose of securing the health, safety and welfare of dock workers; (b) wilfully and without reasonable cause do anything likely to endanger himself or others; and (c) wilfully neglect to make use of any appliance, convenience or other thing provided in connection with any dock work for the purpose of securing the health, safety and welfare of dock workers. (2) If any dock worker contravenes any of the provisions of sub-section (1), he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 Section 5

Title: Powers of Inspectors Where Employment of Dock Workers Are Dangerous

State: Central

Year: 1986

(1) If it appears to an Inspector that any place at which any dock work is being carried on is in such a condition that it is dangerous to life, safety or health, of dock workers, he may, in writing, serve on the owner or on the person in charge of such place an order prohibiting any dock work in such place until measures have been taken to remove the cause of the danger to his satisfaction. (2) An Inspector serving an order under sub-section (1) shall endorse a copy to the Chief Inspector who may modify or cancel the order without waiting for an appeal.

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....charge of such place an order prohibiting any dock work in such place until measures have been taken to remove the cause of the danger to his satisfaction. (2) An Inspector serving an order under sub-section (1) shall endorse a copy to the Chief Inspector who may modify or cancel the order without waiting for an appeal. SECTION 06: FACILITIES TO BE AFFORDED TO AN INSPECTOR - The owner or the person in charge of the place at which any dock work is being carried on; shall afford the Chief Inspector or the Inspector all reasonable facilities for making any entry, inspection, survey, measurement, examination or inquiry under this Act or the regulations. SECTION 07: RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION (1) All copies of, and extracts from, registers or other records in relation to any dock work and all other information required by the Chief Inspector or an Inspector or by any one assisting him, in the course of the inspection or investigation carried out for the purposes of this Act or the regulations shall be regarded as confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person or authority unless such disclosure is for the puropse of any action or proceeding under this Act or.....

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 Section 21

Title: Power to Make Regulations

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....be furnished, the particulars to he contained in them and the time within which they are to be submitted; and (z) providing for the submission of statement of accidents, man-days lost, volume of cargo handled and particulars of dock workers. (3) The regulations made under this section may,-- (a) provide for the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which, exemptions from any of the regulations made under this section may be given specifying the authorities who may grant such exemptions and regulating their procedure; and (b) make special provision to meet the special requirement of any particular port or ports. (4) In making a regulation under this section the appropriate Government may direct that a breach thereof shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both, and, if the breach is continued after conviction, with a further fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for each day on which the breach is so continued.

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....anything carried or to be carried in a ship or other vessel; (c) "Chief Inspector" means the Chief Inspector of Dock Safety, appointed under sub-section (1) of section 3; (d) "dock work" means any work in or within the vicinity of any port in connection with, or required for, or incidental to, the loading, unloading, movement or storage of cargoes into or from ship or other vessel, port, dock, storage place or landing place, and includes-- (i) work in connection with the preparation of ships or other vessels for receipt or discharge of cargoes or leaving port; and (ii) chipping, painting or cleaning of any hold, lank, structure or lifting machinery or any other storage area in board the ship or in the docks; (e) "dock worker" means a person employed or to be employed directly or by or through any agency (including a contractor) with or without knowledge of the principal employer, whether for remuneration or not, on dock work; (f)? "employer", in relation to a dock worker, means the person by whom he is employed or is to be employed on dock work, whether for remuneration or not; (g) "principal employer", in relation to a dock worker employed or to he employed by or.....

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 Section 4

Title: Powers of Inspectors

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....relevant in respect of any offence which he has reason to believe has been committed or for the purpose of any inquiry; (f) take photograph, sketch, sample, measure or record as he may consider necessary for the purpose of any examination or inquiry; (g) hold an inquiry into the causes of any accident which he has reason (o believe was the result of the collapse or failure of lifting machinery, transport equipment, staging or non-compliance with any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations; (h) issue show cause notice relating to the safety, health and welfare provisions arising under this Act or the regulations; (i) prosecute, conduct or defend before any court any complaint or other proceedings arising under this Act or the regulations; (j) exercise such other powers as may be conferred upon him by the regulations.

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 Section 12

Title: Power to Exempt

State: Central

Year: 1986

The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt from all or any of the provisions of this Act and of the regulations, or such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit-- (a) any port or place, dock, wharf, quay or similar premises, if that Government is satisfied that dock work is only occasionally carried on or the traffic is small and confined to small ships and fishing vessels at such port, dock, wharf, quay or similar premises; or (b) any specified ship or class of ships, if that Government is satisfied, having regard to the features of such ship or ships, the nature, quantum and periodicity of dock work carried thereon and all other relevant factors, that it is necessary so to do: Provided that the appropriate Government shall not grant exemption under this section unless it is satisfied that such exemption will not adversely affect the health, safety and welfare of dock workers.

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 Section 15

Title: Determination of the Persons Responsible for the Offence in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....Inspector and the Inspector of the port where any dock work is being carried that it has nominated,-- (a) in the case of a firm, any of its partners; (b) in the case of an association, any of its members; (c) in the case of a company, any of its directors, who is resident, in each case in any place to which this Act extends and who is in each case either in tact in charge of the management of, or holds the largest number of shares in, such firm, association or company, to assume the responsibility of the person in charge of any dock work for the purposes of this Act, such partner, member or director, as the case may be, shall, so long as he continues to so reside and be in charge or hold the largest number of shares as aforesaid, be deemed to he the person in charge of such dock work for the purposes of this Act unless a notice in writing cancelling his nomination or stating that he has ceased to be a partner, member or director, as the case may be, is received by the Chief Inspector.

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 Section 14

Title: Penalties

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....may order the whole or part of the fine to be paid to the dependant of the deceased dock worker or, as the case may be, to the injured dock worker. Explanation. --The provisions of this sub-section shall be in addition to any provi­sions which may be made under sub-section (4) of section 21. (3) Subject to the provisions of section 11, if any dock worker contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations imposing any duty or liability on dock workers, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with tine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both. (4) If any person who has been convicted for an offence punishable under any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations is again convicted for an offence committed within two year of the previous conviction and involving a contravention of the same provision, he shall be punishable for each subsequent conviction with double the im­prisonment to which he would have been liable for the first contravention of such provision.