Chapter I - Preliminary
Section 1 : Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 : Interpretation
Section 3 : References to time of day
Section 4 : Power to declare different departments to be separate factories or two or more factories to be a single factory
Section 5 : Power to exempt during public emergency
Section 6 : Approval, licensing and registration of factories
Section 7 : Notice by occupier
Section 7-A : General duties of the occupier
Section 7-B : General duties of manufactures, etc. as regards articles and substances for use in factories.
Chapter II - The Inspection Staff
Section 8 : Inspectors
Section 9 : Powers of Inspectors
Section 10 : Certifying surgeons
Chapter III - Health
Section 11 : Cleanliness
Section 12 : Disposal of wastes and effluents
Section 13 : Ventilation and temperature
Section 14 : Dust and fume
Section 15 : Artificial humidification
Section 16 : Overcrowding
Section 17 : Lighting
Section 18 : Drinking water
Section 19 : Latrines and urinals
Section 20 : Spittoons
Chapter IV - Safety
Section 21 : Fencing of machinery
Section 22 : Work on or near machinery in motion
Section 23 : Employment of young persons on dangerous machines
Section 24 : Striking gear and devices for cutting off power
Section 25 : Self-acting machines
Section 26 : Casing of new machinery
Section 27 : Prohibition if employment of women and children near cotton openers
Section 28 : Hoists and lifts
Section 29 : Lifting machines, chains, ropes and lifting tackles
Section 30 : Revolving machinery
Section 31 : Pressure plant
Section 32 : Floors, stairs and means of access
Section 33 : Pits, sumps, opening in floors, etc
Section 34 : Excessive weights
Section 35 : Protection of eyes
Section 36 : Precautions against dangerous fumes, gases, etc.
Section 36-A : Precaution regarding the use of portable electric light
Section 37 : Explosive or inflammable dust, gas, etc.
Section 38 : Precautions in case of fire
Section 39 : Power to require specifications of defective parts or tests of stability
Section 40 : Safety of buildings and machinery
Section 40-A : Maintenance of buildings
Section 40-B : Safety Officers
Section 41 : Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
Chapter IV-A - Provisions Relating To Hazardous Processes
Section 41-A : Constitution of Site Appraisal Committees
Section 41-B : Compulsory disclosure of information by the occupier
Section 41-C : Specific responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardous processes
Section 41-D : Power of central Government to appoint Inquiry Committee
Section 41-E : Emergency standards
Section 41-F : Permissible limits of exposure of chemical and toxic substances
Section 41-G : Workers' participation in safety management
Section 41-H : Right of workers to worn about imminent danger
Chapter V - Welfare
Section 42 : Washing facilities
Section 43 : Facilities for storing and drying clothing
Section 44 : Facilities for sitting
Section 45 : First-aid appliances
Section 46 : Canteens
Section 47 : Shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms
Section 48 : Creches
Section 49 : Welfare officers
Section 50 : Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
Chapter VI - Working Hours of Adults
Section 51 : Weekly hours
Section 52 : Weekly holidays
Section 53 : Compensatory holidays
Section 54 : Daily hours
Section 55 : Intervals for rest
Section 56 : Spreadover
Section 57 : Night shifts
Section 58 : Prohibition of overlapping shift
Section 59 : Extra wages for overtime
Section 60 : Restriction on double employment
Section 61 : Notice of periods of work for adults
Section 62 : Register of adult workers
Section 63 : Hours of work to correspond with notice under Section 61 and register under Section 62
Section 64 : Power to make exempting rules
Section 65 : Power to make exempting orders
Section 66 : Further restrictions on employment of women
Chapter VII - Employment of Young Persons
Section 67 : Prohibition of employment of young children
Section 68 : Non-adult workers to carry tokens
Section 69 : Certificates of fitness
Section 70 : Effect of certificate of fitness granted to adolescent
Section 71 : Working hours for children
Section 72 : Notice of periods of work for children
Section 73 : Register of child workers
Section 74 : Hours of work to correspond with notice under Section 72 and register under section 73
Section 75 : Power to require medical examination
Section 76 : Power to make rules
Section 77 : Certain other provisions of law not barred
Chapter VIII - Annual Leave with Wages
Section 78 : Application of Chapter
Section 79 : Annual leave with wages
Section 80 : Wages during leave period
Section 81 : Payment in advance in certain cases
Section 82 : Mode of recovery of unpaid wages
Section 83 : Power to make rules
Section 84 : Power to exempt factories
Chapter IX - Special Provisions
Section 85 : Power to apply the Act to certain premises
Section 86 : Power to exempt public institution
Section 87 : Dangerous operations
Section 87-A : Power to prohibit employment on account of serious hazard
Section 88 : Notice of certain accidents
Section 88-A : Notice of certain dangerous occurrences
Section 89 : Notice of certain diseases
Section 90 : Power to direct enquiry into cases of accident or disease
Section 91 : Power to take samples
Section 91-A : Safety and occupational health surveys
Chapter X - Penalties and Procedure
Section 92 : General penalty for offences
Section 93 : Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstances
Section 94 : Enhanced penalty after previous conviction
Section 95 : Penalty for obstructing Inspector
Section 96 : Penalty for wrongfully disclosing results of analyses under section 91
Section 96-A : Penalty for contravention of the provisions of Sections 41-B, 41-C and 41-H
Section 97 : Offences by workers
Section 98 : Penalty for using false certificate of fitness
Section 99 : Penalty for permitting double employment of child
Section 100 : Determination of occupier in certain cases
Section 101 : Exemption of occupier or manager from liability in certain cases
Section 102 : Power of Court to make orders
Section 103 : Presumption as to employment
Section 104 : Onus as to age
Section 104-A : Onus of proving limits of what is practicable, etc
Section 105 : Cognizance of offence
Section 106 : Limitation of prosecutions
Section 106-A : Jurisdiction of a court for entertaining proceedings, etc. for offence
Chapter XI - Supplemental
Section 107 : Appeals
Section 108 : Display of notices
Section 109 : Service of notice
Section 110 : Returns
Section 111 : Obligations of workers
Section 111-A : Right of workers, etc.
Section 112 : General power to make rules
Section 113 : Power of Centre to give directions
Section 114 : No charge for facilities and conveniences
Section 115 : Publication of rules
Section 116 : Application of Act to Government factories
Section 117 : Protection to persons acting under this Act
Section 118 : Restriction on disclosure of information
Section 118-A : Restriction on disclosure of information
Section 119 : Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 37 of 1970
Section 120 : Repeal and savings