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FACTORIES ACT

1948

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  • Apprentices Act, 1961
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  • Boilers Act, 1923
  • Building Contruction Workers Act, 1996
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  • Child Labour Act, 1986
  • Code on Wages Act, 2019
  • Contract Labour Act, 1970
  • Dangerous Machines Act, 1983
  • Dangerous Machines Rules, 1984
  • EDLIS Scheme, 1976
  • Employees Compensation Act, 1923
  • Employees Pension Scheme, 1995
  • Employees Provident Fund Scheme, 1952
  • Employers Liability Act, 1938
  • Employment Exchanges Act, 1959
  • Employment Exchanges Rules, 1960
  • Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
  • Equal Remuneration Rules, 1976
  • ESI (Central) Rules, 1950
  • ESI (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1950
  • ESI (General) Regulations, 1950
  • ESI Act, 1948
  • Exemptions From Registers and Returns Act, 1988
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  • Fatal Accidents Act, 1855
  • Gratuity Act, 1972
  • ID (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act, 1949
  • Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
  • Industrial Relations Code, 2020
  • Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979
  • Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
  • Mines Act, 1952
  • Minimum Wages Act, 1948
  • Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
  • Occupational Safety and Working Conditions Code, 2020
  • Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 1995
  • Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
  • Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975
  • Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules, 1968
  • Payment of Wages Act, 1936
  • Payment of Wages Nomination Rules, 2009
  • Payment of Wages Recovery Rules, 1966
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    Chapter I - Preliminary

    1. Short title, extent and commencement
    2. Interpretation
    3. References 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
    7-A. General duties of the occupier
    7-B. General duties of manufactures, etc. as regards articles and substances for use in factories.

    Chapter II - The Inspection Staff

    8. Inspectors
    9. Powers of Inspectors
    10. Certifying surgeons

    Chapter III - 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

    Chapter IV - 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 if 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, opening in floors, etc
    34. Excessive weights
    35. Protection of eyes
    36. Precautions against dangerous fumes, gases, etc.
    36-A. Precaution 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
    40-A. Maintenance of buildings
    40-B. Safety Officers
    41. Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter

    Chapter IV-A - Provisions Relating To Hazardous Processes

    41-A. Constitution of Site Appraisal Committees
    41-B. Compulsory disclosure of information by the occupier
    41-C. Specific responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardous processes
    41-D. Power of central Government to appoint Inquiry Committee
    41-E. Emergency standards
    41-F. Permissible limits of exposure of chemical and toxic substances
    41-G. Workers' participation in safety management
    41-H. Right of workers to worn about imminent danger

    Chapter V - 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

    Chapter VI - Working Hours of Adults

    51. Weekly hours
    52. Weekly holidays
    53. Compensatory holidays
    54. Daily hours
    55. Intervals for rest
    56. Spreadover
    57. Night shifts
    58. Prohibition of overlapping shift
    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

    Chapter VII - 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. Register of child workers
    74. Hours of work to correspond with notice under Section 72 and register under section 73
    75. Power to require medical examination
    76. Power to make rules
    77. Certain other provisions of law not barred

    Chapter VIII - 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

    Chapter IX - Special Provisions

    85. Power to apply the Act to certain premises
    86. Power to exempt public institution
    87. Dangerous operations
    87-A. Power to prohibit employment on account of serious hazard
    88. Notice of certain accidents
    88-A. 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
    91-A. Safety and occupational health surveys

    Chapter X - 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 for wrongfully disclosing results of analyses under section 91
    96-A. Penalty for contravention of the provisions of Sections 41-B, 41-C and 41-H
    97. Offences by workers
    98. Penalty for using false certificate of fitness
    99. Penalty for permitting double employment of child
    100. Determination of occupier in certain cases
    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
    104-A. Onus of proving limits of what is practicable, etc
    105. Cognizance of offence
    106. Limitation of prosecutions
    106-A. Jurisdiction of a court for entertaining proceedings, etc. for offence

    Chapter XI - Supplemental

    107. Appeals
    108. Display of notices
    109. Service of notice
    110. Returns
    111. Obligations of workers
    111-A. Right of workers, etc.
    112. General power to make rules
    113. Power 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. Restriction on disclosure of information
    118-A. Restriction on disclosure of information
    119. Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 37 of 1970
    120. Repeal and savings

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