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Factories Act, 1948 Section 31

Title: Pressure Plant

State: Central

Year: 1948

1[(1) If in any factory, any plant or machinery or any part thereof is operated at a pressure above atmospheric pressure, effective measures shall be taken to ensure that the safe working pressure of such plant or machinery or part is not exceeded.] ( 2 ) The State Government may make rules providing for the examination and testing of any plant or machinery such as is referred to in sub-section ( 1 ) and prescribing such other safe ty me asures in relation thereto as may in its opinion be necessary in any factory or class or description of factories. 2[( 3 ) The State Government may, by rules, exempt, subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, any part of any plant or machinery referred to in sub-section (I) from the provisions of this section.] ____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 20 of 1987, section 15, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 2. Inserted by Act 94 of 1976, section 13 (w .e.f. 26-10-1976 ).

Bombay Gas Supply Act, 1939, (Maharashtra) Section 7D

Title: Complaint for Failure to Supply Gas at Normal Pressure Etc

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1939

(1) A consumer may make a complaint in writing to the company that the gas supplied to him is below the standard of the specified calorific value or pressure or purity and the company shall, within forty-eight hours of the receipt of such complaint, test the calorific value or pressure or purity of the gas supplied in the presence of the consumer or his representative if the consumer so desires, and if the gas supplied is found below such standard taking into consideration the allowance specified shall restore the calorific value, pressure or purity, as the case may be, to its standard within forty-eight hours of such testing or within such longer period as the Inspector may allow. (2) Where on such testing the standard in regard to which the complaint was made is found to be correct, the company shall be entitled to recover from the consumer a testing charge not exceeding such amount as may be prescribed]

Bombay Gas Supply Act, 1939, (Maharashtra) Section 7A

Title: Pressure Etc., at Which Gas to Be Supplied

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1939

1[The gas supplied by the company to the consumers shall, except for any cause beyond its control, be of such standard of calorific value, pressure and purity, such standard being subject to such allowance, as may be specified by the State Government in this behalf by notification in the Official Gazette. The standards so specified may vary from time to time and may be different for different localities or areas. _____________________________ 1. Sections 7-A to 7-D were inserted by Bom. 13 of 1950, Section 4.

Boilers Act, 1923 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....Indian Boilers Act and the Regulations which govern the use of boilers cannot always keep pace with the rapidly changing the technique in the manufacture of boilers abroad, and the Armed Forces may be called upon to use at a very short notice various types of the latest boilers, it is proposed in the present Bill to exempt the Armed Forces as a whole from the operations of the Indian Boilers Act, 1923. -Gaz. of Ind., 24-2-1951, Pt. II. S. 2, p. 76. Act 18 of I960.- The Indian Boilers Act. 1923 (5 of 1923), provides mainly for the safety of life and property of persons from the dangers of explosion and the achievement of uniformity of practice in regard to the operation, inspection and maintenance of boilers. At the time of enactment, the Act was meant for the regulation of small capacity and low pressure Boilers, as then the boiler industry had not then developed sufficiently. Experience of the working of the Act has revealed certain practical difficulties. Apart from this, the progressively increasing industrialisation of the country in recent years has rendered the use of boilers of higher pressures and greater capacities inevitable and the existing Act and regulations are.....

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....a person recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture, erection and use. All Inspectors shall be ipso facto competent persons;] 6[(cc) "economiser" means any part of a feed-pipe that is wholly or partially exposed to the action of flue gases for the purpose of recovery of waste heat; (ccc) "feed-pipe" means any pipe or connected fitting wholly or partly under pressure through which feed water passes directly to a boiler and 7[which] does not form an integral part thereof;] 10[(ccd) "Inspecting Authority" means an institution recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for the inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture. All Chief Inspectors of Boilers shall be ipso facto Inspecting Authorities; (cce) "manufacture" means manufacture, construction and fabrication of boiler or boiler component, or both; (ccf) "manufacturer" means a person engaged in the manufacture;] (d) "owner" 11[includes any person possessing or] using a boiler as agent of the owner thereof and any person using a boiler which he has hired or.....

Special Rules for the Multistoreyed and Public Buildings, 1974 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1974

.....or open space for amenity requirement prescribed under these rules. (d) Every such means of access shall be made drained and lighted to the satisfaction of the Commissioner and manhole covers or other drainage, water-supply or any other fittings laid in such means of access shall be flush with the finished surface level so as not to obstruct the travel over the same. (e) Any person who undertakes any construction, reconstruction addition or alteration to any building shall not reduce the access to any building previously existing below the minimum width prescribed under these rules. (2) (a) Every building meant for human occupation shall be provided with exits sufficient to permit safe escape of occupants in case of fire or other emergency. (b) An exit may be a doorway, corridor, passageway to an internal staircase or external staircase or to a varandah or roofs or terrace having access to the street or a staircase. EXPLANATION."Lifts and escalators shall not be considered as exits. (c) Exits shall be arranged as to provide continuous means of egress to the exterior of a building or an exterior open space leading to a street, without passing through any occupied unit. (d).....

Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....any liquid hydrocarbon, including crude oil and liquefied petroleum gas, and the expression 'petroleum product' shall mean any product manufactured from petroleum; (zf) "pipeline access code" means the code to establish a framework for third party access to pipelines under sub-clause (i) of clause (e) of (S.11) ; (zg) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the Central Government under this Act; (zh) "regulations" means regulations made by the Board under this Act; (zi) "restrictive trade practice" means a trade practice which has, or may have, the effect of preventing, distorting or restricting competition in any manner and in particular,- (i) which tends to obstruct the flow of capital or resources into the stream of production, or (ii) which tends to bring about manipulation of prices, or conditions of delivery or to affect the flow of supplies in the market relating to petroleum, petroleum products or natural gas or services in such manner as to impose on the consumers unjustified costs or restrictions; (zj) "retail outlet" means filling station where one or more dispensing pumps have been provided for sale of motor spirit, high speed diesel,.....

Bombay Gas Supply Act, 1939 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1939

.....control, recording or measuring instruments shall be removed from the installation and put out of use until the defects are rectified to the satisfaction of Inspector or his assistants. RULE 12: QUALIFICATION OF INSPECTOR For appointment to the post of Inspector, a candidate must possess a degree in Mathematical Engineering, Chemistry or Chemical Engineering of a recognised University or any other equivalent qualifications. BOMBAY GAS (FIXATION OF PRICE LIMIT) RULES, 1967 29th August, 1967 In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 6 of the Bombay Gas Supply Act, 1939 (Bom. IX of 1939), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee constituted under Government Resolution, Industries and Labour Department, No. GCS. 1066/49888-elec. II, dated the 6th September, 1966 and in supersession of all rules issued in this behalf, the Government of Maharashtra hereby makes the following rules, the same having been previously published as required by sub-section (3) of Section 11 of the said Act, name ly RULE 01: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT (1) These rules may be called the Bombay Gas (Fixation of price Limit).....

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Amending Act IV

Title: Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act 2007

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....a person recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture, erection and use. All Inspectors shall be ipso facto competent persons;'; (4) after clause (ccc), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-- '(ccd) "Inspecting Authority" means an institution recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for the inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture. All Chief Inspectors of Boilers shall be ipso facto Inspecting Authorities; (cce) "manufacture" means manufacture, construction and fabrication of boiler or boiler component, or both; (ccf) "manufacturer" means a person engaged in the manufacture;'; (5) in clause (d), for the words "includes any person", the words "includes any person possessing or" shall be substituted; (6) for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-- '(f) "steam pipe" means any pipe through which steam passes if-- (i) the pressure at which steam passes through such pipe exceeds 3.5 kilogram per square centimetres above atmospheric pressure, or (ii) such pipe exceeds 254.....

Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act 2007 Section 3

Title: Amendment of Section 2

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....a person recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture, erection and use. All Inspectors shall be ipso facto competent persons;'; (4) after clause (ccc), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-- '(ccd) "Inspecting Authority" means an institution recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for the inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture. All Chief Inspectors of Boilers shall be ipso facto Inspecting Authorities; (cce) "manufacture" means manufacture, construction and fabrication of boiler or boiler component, or both; (ccf) "manufacturer" means a person engaged in the manufacture;'; (5) in clause (d), for the words "includes any person", the words "includes any person possessing or" shall be substituted; (6) for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-- '(f) "steam pipe" means any pipe through which steam passes if-- (i) the pressure at which steam passes through such pipe exceeds 3.5 kilogram per square centimetres above atmospheric pressure, or (ii) such pipe exceeds 254.....