CONTENIS

THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948

CONTENTS
CHAPTERI
Preliminary
Secs. Page Nos.
1 Short title, extent and commencement 1
2. Interpretation 1
3. References to time of day 7
4 Power to declare different departments to be separate 7
factories or two or more factories to be asingle factory
5 Power to exempt during 7
public emergency
6. Approval, licensing and registration of factories 8
7. Notice by occupier
7-A. General duties of the occupier 10
7-B. General duties of manufacturers, etc. as regards articles 10
and substances for use in factories
CHAPTER II
The Inspecting Staff
8.
Inspectors 12
Powers of Inspectors
9 13
10. Certifying Surgeons 14
CHAPTER II
Health
11. Cleanliness 15
12. Disposalof wastes and effluents 16
13. Ventilation and temperature 16
14. Dust and fume 17
15. Artificial humidification 17
16. Over-crowding 18
17. Lighting 18
18. Drinking water 19
19. Latrines and urinals 19
20. Spittons 20
CHAPTER IV
Safety
21. Fencing of machinery 20
22. Work on or near machinery in motion 22
23. Employment of young persons on dangerous machine 23
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24 Striking gear and devices for cutting off power

26. Self-acting machines
26 Casing of new machinery
27 Prohibition of employment of women and
cotton openers children near
28 Hoists and lifts
29 Lifting machines, chains, ropes and lifting tackles
30 Revolving machinery
31. Pressure plant
32. Floors,stairs and means access
33. Pits, sumps, openings in floors etc.
34. Excessive weights
35. Protection of eyes 2
36. Precautions against dangerous fumes gases etc. 28
36-A. Precautions regarding the use of portable electric light 28
37. Explosive or inflammable dust,gas etc. 29
38. Precautions in case of fire 29
29
39. Power to require specifications of defective parts or
of stability tests 30
31
40. Safety of building and machinery
40-A. Maintenance of buildings 31
40-B. Safety Officers 32
41. Power to make rules tosupplement this chapter 32
CHAPTER IV-A 32
Provisions Relating to
41-A. Constitution of Site Appraisal Hazardous Processes
41-B. Compulsory disclosure of Committees
41-C. Specific responsibility of theinformation inby the occupier
32

hazardous processes occupier relation to 33

34
41-D. Power of Central
Committee Government to appoint enquiry
35
41-E. Emergency standards
41-F. Permissible limits of
substances exposure of chemical and toxic 35
36
41-G. Workers'
participation in safety
warn about management
41-H. Right of workers to 36
imminent danger 36
CHAPTERV
42. Washing facilities Welfare
43. Facilties for storing and drying of wet 37
44. Faciities for sitting clothing 37
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46 First-aid appliances 37

47. Canteens
Shelters, rest
38
48 rooms and lunch rooms 39
49. Creches 40
50. Welfare Officers 40
Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter 41
CHAPTER VI
51. Weekly hours Working Hours of Adults
52. Weekly holidays 41
53.
Compensatory holidays
54. Daily hours
55.
41
41

56.
Intervals for rest 42

57. Spread-over
Night shifts
42
42
58.
59. Prohibition
Extra
of
overlapping shifts 42
60. wages for overtime 43

61. Restriction on double

Notice periods of work
of employment
43
44
for
62.
63.
Register of adult workers adults 44
Hours of work to 45
and register undercorrespond62with notice under section 61 46
64. Power to make section
65. Power to make exempting rules 46
66. Further exempting orders 48
restrictions employment of women
on
49
CHAPTER VII
67.
Employment of Young Persons
Prohibition of employment of young children 50
68. Non-adult workers to carry tokens 50
69. Certificate of fitness
50
70. Effect of certificate of
fitness granted to adolescent 51
71. Working hours for children 52
72. Notice of periods of work for children 52
73. Register of child workers 52
74. Hours of work to correspond with notice under Section 72 53
andregister under section 73
75. Power to require medical examination 53
76. Power to make rules 53
77. Certain other provisions of law not barred 54
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CHAPTER VII
Annual Leave with Wages
78. Application of Chapter
79 Annual leave with wages
80. Wages during leave period
81 Payment in advance in certain cases
82 Mode of recovery of unpaid wages
Power to make rules
83.
84. Power to exempt factories
CHAPTER IX
Special Provisions
85.
Power to apply the Act to certain premises
86. Power to exempt public institutions
87. Dangerous operations
serious
87-A. Power to prohibit employment on account of
hazard
88. Notice of certain accidents
OCcurrences
88-A. Notice of certain dangerouS 6
diseases
89. Notice of certain 6
intocases of accident or disease
90. Power to direct enquiry 6
91. Power to take samples 6
surveys
91-A. Safety and occupational health 63
CHAPTER X
Penalties and Procedure
offences 64
92. General penalty for
92-A. Compoundingof certain offences 65
certain circumstances 65
93. Liability of owner of premises in 67
previous conviction
94. Enhanced penalty after 67
Inspector
95. Penalty for obstructing under 67
analysis
96. Penalty for wrongfully disclosing results of
Section 91
provisions of Section 41 68
96-A. Penalty for contravention of the
B, 41-C and 41-H 68
97. Offences by workers 68
fitness
98. Penalty for using false certificate of 68
of child
99. Penalty for permitting double employment 69
100. Deleted 68
certain
101. Exemption of occupier or manager from liability in
cases
69
102. Power of Court to make orders 70
103. Presumption as to employment
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104
104-A Onus as to age 70
105 Onus of proving limits of what is practicable, etc. 70
106 Cognizance of offences 70
106-A Limitation of prosecutions 71
Jurisdicton of a Court for entertaining proceedings, etc.
for offence 71

CHAPTER XI
107.
Appeals Supplemental
108.
109
Display of notices 72

110
Services of notice 72
Returns 73
111. Obligation of workers 72
111-A. Right of workers, etc. 72
112
General
113. Powers ofPowers totomake rules
73
73
114. Centre give
No charge for directions 74
115. facilities
Publication of rules and
conveniences 73
116. Application of Act to Government factories 73
117. Protection to persons 74
118. acting under this Act
Restriction on
disclosures of information
74
118-A. Restriction on 74
119. Act to have effect
disclosure of information 75
Act 37 of 1970 notwithstanding anything contained in 75
120. Repeal and savings
75
The First Schedule
76
The Second Schedule
78
The Third Schedule
83-a
The Fourth Schedule 83-b