THE INDIAN ELECTRICITY ACT, 1910  :: OFFICE OF THE LABOUR COMMISSIONER, GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI
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appertaining to a sterilizer or disinfector of a type such as is commonly used in hospitals, if the boiler does not exceed 2[ninety-one litres] in capacity.]
(2)

The 3[Central Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that the provisions of this Act shall not apply in the case of boilers or steam-pipes, or any specified class of boilers or steam-pipes, belonging to or under the control of any railway administered 4[by the 5[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 (9 of 1890).

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Clause (5) or section 3 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890) is reproduced below:-
"Railway Company" includes any persons, whether incorporated or not, who are owners or lessees of a Railway or parties to an agreement for working a railway.
 
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Power to limit extent.-

The 7[Central Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exclude any specified area from the operation of all or any specified provisions of this Act.

 
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Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector and Inspector.-
(1)
The State Government may appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the State for the purposes of this Act, and may define the local limits within which each Inspector shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on Inspectors by or under this Act.
(2)

The State Government may appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Deputy Chief Inspectors for the State and may define the local limits within which each Deputy Chief Inspector shall exercise his powers and perform his duties under this Act.

(3)
Every Deputy Chief Inspector may exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on Inspectors by or under this Act and, in addition thereto, may exercise such powers or perform such duties conferred or imposed on the Chief Inspector by or under this Act, as the State Government may assign to him.
(4)
The State Government shall appoint a person to be Chief Inspector for the State who may, in addition to the powers and duties conferred and imposed on the Chief Inspector by or under this Act, exercise any power or perform any duty so conferred or imposed on Deputy Chief Inspectors or Inspectors.
(5)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on them by or under this Act under the general superintendence and control of the Chief Inspector.
(6)
The Chief Inspectors, Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors may offer such advice as they think fit to owners regarding the proper maintenance and safe working of boilers.
(7)
The Chief Inspector and all Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).]
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Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) is reproduced below:-
 
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Added by Act 5 of 1942, sec. 2.

2. Subs. by Act 18 of 1960, sec. 4, for "twenty gallons".
3. Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for "Safety Controlling Authority".
4. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "by the Government".
5. Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for "Federal Railway Authority".
6. Certain word" rep. by the A.O. 1948.
7. The words "G.G. in C." have been successively amended by the A.O. 1937 and the A.O. 1950 to read the above.
8. Subs. by Act 18 of 1960, sec. 5, for section 5.
 
 
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