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Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 Complete Act

Title: Inflammable Substances Act, 1952

State: Central

Year: 1952

Preamble1 - INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES ACT, 1952 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Declaration of certain substances to be dangerously inflammable Section4 - Power to apply Petroleum Act to dangerously inflammable sub-stances Section5 - Operation of certain notifications and rules Section6 - Validation of certain acts and indemnity in respect thereof Section7 - Repeal of section 30, Act XXX of 1934

Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 Preamble 1

Title: Inflammable Substances Act, 1952

State: Central

Year: 1952

THE INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES ACT, 1952 [Act, No. 20 of 1952] [6th March, 1952] PREAMBLE An Act to declare certain substances to be dangerously inflammable and to provide for the regulation of their import, transport, storage and production by applying thereto the Petroleum Act, 1934, and the rules thereunder, and for certain matters connected with such regulation. BE it enacted by Parliament as follows :-

Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 Section 4

Title: Power to Apply Petroleum Act to Dangerously Inflammable Sub-stances

State: Central

Year: 1952

(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, apply any or all of the provisions of the Petroleum Act and of the rules made thereunder, with such modifications as it may specify, to any dangerously inflammable substance, and thereupon the provisions so applied shall have effect as if such substance had been included in the definition of "petroleum" under that Act. (2) The Central Government may make rules providing specially for the testing of any dangerously inflammable substance to which any of the provisions of the Petroleum Act have been applied by notification under sub-section 91), and such rules may supplement any of the provisions of Chapter II of that Act in order to adapt them to the special needs of such tests.

Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 Section 3

Title: Declaration of Certain Substances to Be Dangerously Inflammable

State: Central

Year: 1952

The liquids and other substances hereinafter mentioned, namely:- (1) acetone, (2) calcium phosphide, (3) carbide of calcium, (4) cinematograph films having a nitro-cellulose base, (5) ethyl alcohol, (6) methyl alcohol, (7) wood naphtha, are hereby declared to be dangerously inflammable.

Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....to have been issued undersection 30 of the Petroleum Actand for indemnifying all officers in respect of action taken under such notifications or rules.Section 30 of the Petroleum Act, 1934, is also to be repealed by this Bill."-Gaz. of India, 1952, Pt. II, S. 2, p. 60. An Act to declare certain substances to be dangerously inflammable and to provide for the regulation of their import, transport, storage and production by applying thereto the Petroleum Act, 1934, and the rules thereunder, and for certain matters connected with such regulation. Be it enacted by Parliament as follows:- The Act has been extended to the following Union territories of:- (1) Goa, Daman and Diu, by Regn. 12 of 1962 (1-2-1965); (2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Regn. 6 of 1963 (as amended by Regn. 2 of 1965), and (3) Pondicherry, by Regn. 7 of 1963 (1-10-1963). SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE - This Act may be called the Inflammable Substances Act, 1952. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS - In this Act,- (a) "dangerously inflammable substance" means any liquid or other substance declared to be dangerously inflammable by this Act; (b) "Petroleum Act", meansthe Petroleum Act, 1934. SECTION 03: DECLARATION OF CERTAIN.....

Factories Act, 1948 Section 37

Title: Explosive or Inflammable Dust, Gas, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1948

(1) Where in any factory any manufacturing process produces dust, gas, fume or vapour of such character and to such extent as to be likely to explode on ignition, all practicable measure shall be taken to prevent any such explosion by-- (a) effective enclosure of the plant or machinery used in the process; (b) removal or prevention of the accumulation of such dust, gas, fume or vapour; (c) exclusion or effective enclosure of all possible sources of ignition. (2) Where in any factory the plant or machinery used in a process such as is referred to in sub-section (1) is not so constructed as to withstand the probable pressure which such an explosion as aforesaid would produce, all practicable measures shall be taken to restrict the spread and effects of the explosion by the provision in the plant or machinery of chokes, baffles, vents or other effective appliances. (3) Where any part of the plant or machinery in a factory contains any explosive or inflammable gas or vapour under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, that part shall not be opened except in accordance with the following provisions, namely:-- (a) before the fastening of any joint of any pipe.....

Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1952

In this Act,-- (a) "dangerously inflammable substance" means any liquid or other substance declared to be dangerously inflammable by this Act; (b) "Petroleum Act" means the Petroleum Act, 1934 (XXX of 1934).

Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 Section 1

Title: Short Title

State: Central

Year: 1952

This Act may be called the Inflammable Substances Act, 1952.

Inflammable Substances Act, 1952 Section 6

Title: Validation of Certain Acts and Indemnity in Respect Thereof

State: Central

Year: 1952

All acts of executive authority, proceedings and sentences which have been done, taken or passed with respect to, or on account of, any inflammable substance since the 1st day of April, 1937, and before the commencement of this Act by any officer of Government or by any person acting under his authority or otherwise in pursuance of an order of the Government in the belief or purported belief that the acts, proceedings or sentences were being done, taken or passed under the Petroleum Act shall be as valid and operative as if they had been done, taken or passed in accordance with law; and no suit or other legal proceeding shall be maintained or continued against any person whatever on the ground that any such acts, proceedings or sentences were not done, taken or passed in accordance with law.

Cantonments Act, 1924 Section 121

Title: Use of Inflammable Materials for Building Purposes

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....to remove such roof or wall within such time as may be specified in the notice, notwithstanding that a public notice under sub-section (1) has not been issued or that such roof or wall was made with the consent of the1[Board] or before the issue of such public notice: Provided that, in the case of any such roof or wall in existence before the issue of such a public notice or made with the consent of the1[Board],2[it] shall make compensation, not exceeding the original cost of constructing the roof or wall, for any damage caused by the removal. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". 2. Substituted by Act 15 of 1983, section 78, for "that Authority" w.e.f. 1-10-1983.