THE FACTORY ACT

 
Contents
  
     
 
  Introduction
Subjects
Preliminary
1 Short title, extent and commencement.
2 Interpretation
3 Reference to time of day
4 Power to declare different departments to be separate factories or two or more factories to be a single factory
5 Power to exempt during public emergency
6 Approval, licensing and registration of factories
7 Notice by occupier
 
 
The Inspecting Staff
7A.
 General duties of the occupier
7B.
 General duties of manufacturers, etc., as regards articles and substances for use in factories.
8.
Inspectors
9.
 Powers of Inspectors
10.
Certifying surgeons
 
 
Health
11 Cleanliness
12 Disposal of wastes and effluents
13 Ventilation and temperature
14 Dust and fume
15 Artificial humidification
16 Overcrowding
17 Lighting
18 Drinking water
19 Latrines and urinals
20 Spittoons
 
 
Safety
21
 Fencing of machinery
22
 Work on or near machinery in motion
23
 Employment of young persons on dangerous machines.
24
 Striking gear and devices for cutting off power
25
 Self-acting machines
26
 Casing of new machinery
27
 Prohibition of employment of women and children near cotton-openers
28
 Hoists and lifts
29
 Lifting machines, chains, ropes and lifting tackles
30
 Revolving machinery
31
 Pressure plant
32
 Floors, stairs and means of access
33
 Pits, sumps openings in floors, etc
34
 Excessive weights
35
 Protection of eyes.
36
 Precautions against dangerous fumes, gases
36A
 Precautions regarding the use of portable electric light.
37
 Explosive or inflammable dust, gas, etc
38
 Precautions in case of fire
39
 Power to require specifications of defective parts or tests of stability
40
 Safety of buildings and machinery
40A
 Maintenance of buildings
40B
 Safety Officers
41
 Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
 
 
Provision Relating To Hazardous Processes
41A
 Constitution of Site Appraisal Committees
41B
 Compulsory disclosure of information by the occupier
41C
 Specific responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardous processes
41D
 Power of Central Government to appoint Inquiry Committee
41E
 Emergency standards
41F
 Permissible limits of exposure of chemical and toxic substances.
41G
 Workers' participation in safety management
41H
 Right of workers to warn about imminent danger
 
 
Welfare
42
 Washing facilities
43
 Facilities for storing and drying clothing
44
 Facilities for sitting
45
 First-aid appliances
46
 Canteens
47
 Shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms
48
 Creches
49
 Welfare officers
50
 Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
 
 
Working Hours Of Adults
51
 Weekly hours
52
 Weekly holidays
53
 Compensatory holidays
54
 Daily hours
55
 Intervals for rest
56
 Spread over
57
 Night shifts
58
 Prohibition of overlapping shifts
59
 Extra wages for overtime
60
 Restriction on double employment
61
 Notice of periods of work for adults
62
 Register of adult workers
63
 Hours of work to correspond with notice under section 61 and register under section 62.
64
 Power to make exempting rules
65
 Power to make exempting orders
66
 Further restrictions on employment of women
 
 
Employment Of Young Persons
67
 Prohibition of employment of young children
68
 Non-adult workers to carry tokens
69
 Certificates of fitness
70
 Effect of certificate of fitness granted to adolescent
71
 Working hours for children
72
 Notice of periods of work for children
73
 Hours of work to correspond with notice under section
74
 Register of child workers and register under section
75
 Power to require medical examination
76
 Power to make rules
77
 Certain other provisions of law not barred
 
 
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
83 Power to make rules
84 Power to exempt factories
 
 
Special Provision
85 Power to apply the act to certain premises
86 Power to exempt public institutions
87 Dangerous operations
87A Power to prohibit employment on account of serious hazard
88 Notice of certain accidents
88A Notice of certain dangerous occurrences
89 Notice of certain diseases
90 Power to direct enquiry into cases of accident or disease
91 Power to take samples
91A Safety and occupational health surveys
 
 
Penalties And Procedure
92 General Penalty for offences
93 Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstances.
94 Enhanced penalty after previous conviction
95 Penalty for obstructing Inspector
96 Penalty tour wrongfully disclosing results of analysis under section
96A Penalty for contravention of the provisions of sections 41B, 41C and 41H
97 Offences by workers
98 Penalty for using false certificate of fitness
99 Penalty for permitting double employment of child
101 Exemption of occupier or manager from liability in certain cases.
102 Power of Court to make orders
103 Presumption as to employment
104 Onus as to age
104A Onus of proving limits of what is practicable, etc.
105 Cognizance of' offences
106 Limitation of prosecutions
106A Jurisdiction of a court for entertaining proceedings, etc., for offence
 
 
Supplemental
107 Appeals
108 Display of notices
109 Service of notices
110 Returns
111 Obligations of workers
111A Right of workers, etc.
112 General power to make rules
113 Powers of Centre to give directions
114 No charge for facilities and conveniences
115 Publication of rules
116 Application of Act to Government factories
117 Protection to persons acting under this Act
118 Restrictions on disclosure of information
118A Restriction on disclosure of information.
119 Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 37 of 1970.
120 Repeal and savings
 
     
     
 
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
 
 
THE SECOND SCHEDULE
 
 
THE THIRD SCHEDULE