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

Title: Application of Act to Feed-pipes

State: Central

Year: 1923

{lns. by Act 17 of 1943, section.3} Every reference in this Act (except where the word 'steam-pipe' is used in clause (f) of section 2), to a steam-pipe or steam-pipes shall be deemed to include also a reference to a feed-pipe of feed-pipes, respectively.]

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.....

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.....

The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

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 manufacturing. 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) "manufacture" 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.....

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

Title: Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1960

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....manner to represent that Government, the Union territories, the railways, the coal industry, the Indian Standards Institution, the boiler manufacturing industry, the users of boilers and, any other interests which, in the opinion of the Central Government, ought to be represented on the Board; (b) a senior technical officer conversant with the inspection and examination of boilers, to be nominated by the Government of each State (other than a Union territory).''; (b) in sub-section (3), the words brackets, letter and figure ``otherwise than by the expire of the term of office of the member referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (2),'' shall be omitted; (c) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- ``(4) The Board shall have full power to regulate by means of bye-laws or otherwise its own producer and the conduct of all business to be transacted by it, the constitution of committees and sub-committees of members and the delegation to them of any of the powers and duties of the Board.''. 15. Amendment of section 28 In clause (c) of section 28 of the principal Act, after the words ``prescribing the fees payable therefor'', the.....

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.....

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Section 8

Title: Renewal of Certificate

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....date fixed for its examination] by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1960, w.e.f 06-05-1960. 4. Substituted by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 49 of 2007] for the figures "18.58". 5. Clause (d) substituted by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 49 of 2007]. Prior to substitution the text was as: "(d) when any structural alteration, addition or renewal is made in or to the boiler; 6. Substituted by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 49 of 2007] for the words "it or any steam pipe". 7. Substituted by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 49 of 2007]. Prior to substitution the text was as: "(3) When a certificate cease to be in force, the owner of the boiler may apply to the Inspector for a renewal thereof for such period not exceeding twelve months as he may specify in the application. {Added by Act 34 of 1947 , s.5.} [Provided that where the certificate related to any economiser, 2[or of an unfired boiler which forms an integral part of a processing plant in which steam is generated solely by the use of oil, asphalt or bitumen as a heating medium'] the application for its renewal may be for a period not.....

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Section 34

Title: Exemptions

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....the Indian Boiler (Amendment) Act, 1960, w.e.f. 06-05-1960. Prior to substitution sub-section (2) of section 34 stood as follows: "[(2)] In case of any emergency, the State Government may, by general or special order in writing, exempt any boiler or steam pipe from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act." 2. Substituted by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 49 of 2007]. Prior to substitution the text was as follows: "(3) If the State Government is satisfied that, having regard to the material, design or construction of boilers and to the need for the rapid industrialisation of the country, it is necessary so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette and subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified in the notification, exclude any specified class of boilers or steam-pipes in the whole or any part of the State, form the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act."c

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Section 3

Title: Limitation of Application

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....for "Twenty gallons" by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1960, w.e.f. 06-05-1960. 8. Section 3 substituted by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 49 of 2007]. Prior to substitution the text was as follows: "(1) Nothing in this Act shall apply in the case of any boiler or steam-pipe--- (a) in any steam-ship as defined in section 3 of the 1Indian Steam-ships Act, 1884 (7 of 1884), or in any steam-vessel as defined in section 2 of the inland Steam-vessels Act, 1917 (1 of 1917); or 2[(b) belonging to ,or under the control of, the Army, Navy or Air Force; or] 3[(c) appertaining to a sterilizer or disinfector of a type such as is commonly used in hospitals, if the boiler does not exceed 7[ninety one liters] in capacity.] (2) The Central Government may, by notification4 in the Official Gazette, declare that the provisions of this Act shall not apply in the case of boilers or steam-pipes, or of any specified class of boilers or steam-pipes, belonging to or under the control of any railways administered 5[by the 6[Central Government] or by any State Government] or by any railway company as defined in clause (5) of section 3 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890.....