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Factories Act, 1948 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1948

FACTORIES ACT, 1948 FACTORIES ACT, 1948 63 of 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:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Factories Act, 1948. 1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2[***]]. (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1949. SECTION 02: INTERPRETATION In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "adult" means a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age; (b) "adolescent" means a person who has completed his fifteen year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year; 3[( 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; 4[(ca)"competent person", in relation to any provision of this Act, means a person or an institution recognised as such by the Chief Inspector for the purposes of carrying out tests, examinations and inspections required to be done in a factory under.....

The Factories Act, 1948 Complete Act

State: Delhi

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) 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. 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 Inspector for the purposes of.....

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.....

Factories Act, 1948 Chapter IV

Title: Safety

State: Central

Year: 1948

..... 1. Inserted by Act 94 of 1976, section 12 ( w.e.f. 26-10-1976) . Section 25 - Self-acting machines No traversing part of a self-acting machine in any factory and no material carried thereon shall, if the space over which it runs is a space over which any person is liable to pass, whether in the course of hi s employment or otherwise, be allowed to run on its outward or inward traverse within a distance of1[forty-five centimetres] from any fixed structure which is not part of the machine: Provided that the Chief Inspector may permit the continued use of a machine installed before the commencement of this Act which does not comply with the requirements of this section on such conditions for ensuring safety as he may think fit to impose. ___________________ 1. Substituted by Act 20 of 1987, section 11, for "eighteen inches" ( w.e.f. 1-12-1987) . Section 26 - Casing of new machinery ( 1 ) In all machinery driven by power and installed in any factory after the commencement of this Act,-- (a) every set screw, bolt or key on any revolving shaft, spindle, wheel or pinion shall be so sunk, encased or otherwise effectively guarded as to prevent danger ; .....

Factories Act, 1948 Section 30

Title: Revolving Machinery

State: Central

Year: 1948

( 1 )1[In every factory] in which the process of grinding is carried on there shall be permanently affixed t o or placed near each machine in use a notice indicating the maximum safe working peripheral speed of every grindstone or abrasive wheel, the speed of the shaft or spindle upon which the wheel is mounted, and the diameter of the pulley upon such shaft or spindle necessary to secure such safe working peripheral speed. ( 2 ) The speeds indicated in notices under sub-section ( 1 ) shall not be exceeded. ( 3 ) Effective me asures shall be taken in every factory to ensure that the safe working peripheral speed of every revolving vessel, cage, basket, fly-wheel, pulley, disc or similar appliance driven by power is not exceeded. __________________ 1. Substituted by Act 20 of 1987, section 14, for "In every room in a factory" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987).

Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948 Section 2

Title: Interpretation

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....under the Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme; 7 [* *] 8 (fa) "Insurance Fund" means the Deposit-linked Insurance Fund established under subsection (2) of section 3G; 9 (fb) "Insurance Scheme" means the Coal Mines Deposit-linked Insurance Scheme framed under sub-section (1) of section G;] 10 (fc) [ "managing agent" has the meaning assigned to it in the Companies Act, 1956; and;] (g) "member" means a member of the Fund. 11 [(h) "Pension Fund" means the Pension Fund established under sub-section (2) of section 3E; (i) "Pension Scheme" means the Coal Mines Pension Scheme framed under sub-section (1) of section 3E; (j) "superannuation', 'in relation to an employee who is a member of the Pension Scheme, means the attainment, by the said employee, of such age as is fixed in the contract or conditions of service as the age on the attainment of which such employee shall vacate the employment.'.] ________________________ 1. Substituted for the words "employee in a coal mine," by Coal Mines Provident Fund and Bonus Schemes (Amendment) Act (80 of 1950) S. 3 (31-12-1950), 2. Substituted by Coal Mines Provident Fund and Bonus Schemes (Amendment) Act (45 of 1965) S......

Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....Act, 1954) (20 of 1954), S. 3 and Sch. III (30-4-1954). The Act is not affected by (Payment of Bonus Act, 1965) (21 of 1965); see S. 35 of that Act(1) This Act may be called The Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948]. (2) It extends to the whole of India [xx x xx xx xx] SECTION 2: Interpretation: In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- [** *] (a) "bonus" means any sum of money payable to an [employee] under the Coal Mines Bonus Scheme framed under this Act; (aa) "coal" includes lignite;] (b) "coal mine" means any excavation where any operation for the purpose of searching for or obtaining coal has been or is being carried on; and includes- (i) all borings and bore holes; (ii) all shafts, in or adjacent to and belonging to a coal mine, whether in the course of being sunk or not: (iii) all levels and inclined planes in the course of being driven; (iv) any open cast working or quarry, that is to say. an excavation where any operation, for the purpose of searching for or obtaining coal has been or is being carried on not being a shaft or an excavation which extends below superjacent ground; (v) all conveyors or.....

Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948 Section 6

Title: Power to Make Rules as Respects Mineral Oils Development

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....oils mined, quarried, excavated or collected;] (j)the submission by the owners or lessees of mines of special or periodicalreturns and reports, and the forms in which and the authorities to whom suchreturns and reports shall be submitted. ____________________________________ 1.Substituted for the words 'minerals' by the Mines and Minerals (Regulation andDevelopment Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), Section 32 and Schedule III (with effectfrom 1-6-1958). 2.Clauses (a) and (b) were omitted, by the Mines and Minerals (Regulation andDevelopment Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), Section 32 and Schedule III (with effectfrom 1-6-1958). 3.Substituted for 'mineral resources', by the Mines and Minerals (Regulation andDevelopment Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), Section 32 and Schedule III (with effectfrom 1-6-1958). 4.Substituted for former Clause (i) Oilfields (Regulation and Development)Amendment Act, 1969 (39 of 1969), Section 2 (with retrospective effect from1-1-1968).

Factories Act, 1948 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1948

(1) This Act may be called the Factories Act, 1948. 1 [(2) It extends to the whole of India 2 [***]. (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1949. ____________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for the former sub-section. 2. The words "except the state of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, section 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971). Section 2 - Interpretation In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "adult" means a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age; (b) "adolescent" means a person who has completed his fifteenth year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year; 1 [(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; 2 [(ca) "competent person", in relation to any provision of this Act, means a person or an institution recognised as such by the Chief Inspector for the purposes of carrying out tests, examinations and inspection required to be done in a factory under the provisions of this Act having regard to- (i) the qualifications and.....

Factories Act, 1948 Section 2

Title: Interpretation

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....available for hire,-- (1) the owner of the dock shall be deemed to be the occupier for the purposes of any matter provided for by or under: (a) section 6, section 7, 16 [section 7A, section 7B,] section 11 or section 12; (b) section 17, in so far as it relates to the providing and maintenance of sufficient and suitable lighting in or around the dock; (c) section 18, section 19, section 42, section 46, section 47 or section 49, in relation to the workers employed on such repair or maintenance; (2) the owner of the ship or his agent or master or other officer-in-charge of the ship or any person who contracts with such owner, agent or master or other officer-in-charge to carry out the repair or maintenance work shall be deemed to be the occupier for the purposes of any matter provided for by or under section 13, section 14, section 16 or section 17 (save as otherwise provided in this proviso) or Chapter IV (except section 27) or section 43, section 44 or section 45, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII or Chapter IX or section 108, section 109 or section 110, in relation to-- (a) the workers employed directly by him, or by or through any agency; and (b) the.....