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Laws related to Industrial Relations
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The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
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The Industrial
Disputes Act, 1947
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Laws related to Wages
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The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
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The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
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The Working Journalist (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act,
1958
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Laws related to Working Hours, Conditions of Services and
Employment
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The Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948
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The Plantation
Labour Act, 1951
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The Mines Act, 1952
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The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
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The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment
and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979
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The Shops and Establishments Act
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The Cinema Workers
and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981
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The Dock Workers
(Safety, Health & Welfare) Act, 1986
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The Dock Workers
(Regulation of Employment) (inapplicability to Major Ports) Act, 1997
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Laws related to Equality and Empowerment of Women
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The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
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The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
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Laws related to Deprived and Disadvantaged Sections of the
Society
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Laws related to Social Security
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The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
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The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
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Laws related to Labour Welfare
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Laws related
to Employment & Training
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Others
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The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855
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The War Injuries Ordinance Act, 1941
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The Weekly Holiday
Act, 1942
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The National and Festival Holidays Act
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The War Injuries (Compensation Insurance)
Act, 1943
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The Personal Injuries (Emergency)
Provisions Act, 1962
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The Personal Injuries (Compensation
Insurance) Act, 1963
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The Coal Mines (Conservation and
Development) Act, 1974
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The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
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THE
FACTORIES ACT, 1948
[Act No. 63 of 1948] As
amended by the Factories (Amendment) Act, 1987
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Sections
Title
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CHAPTER - I Preliminary
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- Short
title, extent and commencement
- Interpretation
- References
to time of day
- Power
to declare different depertments to be separate
- Factories
or two or more factories to be a single factory
- Power
to exempt during public emergency
- Approval,
licensing and registration of factories
- General
duties of the occupier
- General duties of
manufacturers etc., as regards articlesand substances for use in
factoriesNotice by occcupier
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CHAPTER - II The Inspecting Staff
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- Inspectors
- Powers
of Inspectors
- Certifying Suregons
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CHAPTER - III Health
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- Cleanliness
- Disposal
of wastes and effluents
- Ventilation
and temperature
- Dust
and fume
- Artificial
humidification
- Over-crowding
- Lighting
- Drinking
water
- Latrines
and urinals
- Spittoons
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CHAPTER - IV Safety
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- Fencing of
machinery
- Work
on or near machinery in motion
- Employment
of young persons on dangerous machines
- Striking gear and
devices for cutting off power
- Self-acting
machines
- Casing of new
machinery
- Prohibition
of employment of women and children near cotton-openers
- Hoists
and lifts
- Lifting
machines, chains, ropes and lifting tackles
- Revolving
machinery
- Pressure
Plant
- Floors,
stairs and means of access
- Pits,
sumps, openings in floors, etc
- Excessive
weights
- Protection
of eyes
- Precautions
against dangerous fumes, gases, etc
- Precautions
regarding the use of portable electric light
- Explosive
or inflammable dust, gas, etc
- Precautions
in case of fire
- Power
to require specifications of defective parts or tests
- Safety
of buildings and machinery
- Maintenance
of buildings
- Safety
officers
- Power to make rules
to supplement this Chapterof
stability
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CHAPTER - IVA Provisions relating to Hazardous processes
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41a.Constitution of Site
Appraisal Committees
41b.Compulsory disclosure
of information by the occupier
41c.Specific
responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardousprocesses
41d.Power of Central
Governments to appoint Inquiry Committee
41e.Emergency standards
41f. Permissible limits of
exposure of chemical and toxic substances
41g.Worker's participation
in safety management
41h.Right of workers to
warn about imminent danger
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CHAPTER - V Welfare
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- Washing facilities
- Facilities for storing and drying clothing
- Facilities for sitting
- First-aid appliances
- Canteens
- Shelters, rest-rooms and lunch-rooms
- Creches
- Welfare Officers
- Power to make rules
to supplement this Chapter
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CHAPTER - VI Working
hours of adults
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- Weekly hours
- Weekly
holidys
- Compensator
holidays
- Daily
hours
- Intervals
for rest
- Spread-over
- Night
shifts
- Prohibition
of overlapping shifts
- Extra
wages for overtime
- Restriction
on double employment
- Notice
of periods of work for adults
- Register
of adult workers
- Hours
of work to correspond with notice under section 61 andregister under
section 62
- Power
to make exempting rule
- Power
to make exempting orders
- Further
restrictions on employment of women
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CHAPTER - VII Employment of young persons
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- Prohibition of
employment of young children
- Non-adult
workers to carry tokens
- Certificate
of fitness
- Effect of
certificate of fitness granted to adolescent
- Working
hours for children
- Notice
of periods of work for children
- Register
of child workers
- Hours
of work to correspond with notice under section 72and register under
section 73
- Power
to require medical examination
- Power
to make rules
- Certain other
provisions of law not barred
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CHAPTER - VIII Annual leave with wages
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- Application of
Chapter
- Annual
leave with wages
- Wages
during leave period
- Payment
in advance in certain cases
- Mode
of recovery of unpaid wages
- Power
to make rules
- Power
to exempt factories
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CHAPTER IX Special Provisions
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- Power to apply the
Act to certain premises
- Power
to exempt public institutions
- Dangerous
operations
- Power
to prohibit employment on account of serious hazard
- Notice
of certain accident
- Notice
of certain dangerous occurences
- Notice
of certain diseases
- Power
to direct inquiry into cases of accident or disease
- Power
to take samples
- Safety and
occupational health surveys
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CHAPTER - X Penalties and procedure
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- General penalty for
offences
- Liablility
of owner of premises in certain circumstances
- Enhanced
penalty after previous conviction
- Penalty
for obstructing Inspector
- Penalty
for wrongfully disclosing results of analysis undersection 91
- Penalty
for contravention of the provisions of sections 41B, 41Cand 41H
- Offences
by workers
- Penalty
for using false certificate of fitness
- Penalty for
permitting double employment of child
- Omitted
by the Factories (Amendment) Act, 1987
- Exemption
of occupier or manager from liability in certain cases
- Power of Court to
make orders
- Presumption as to
employment
- Onus as to age
- Onus
of proving limits of what practicable, etc
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Cognizance of
offences
- Limitation
of prosecution
- Jurisdiction of a
Court for entertaining proceedings, etc.for offence
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CHAPTER - XI Supplemental
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- Appeals
- Display of notices
- Service of notices
- Returns
- Obligation of
workers
- Right of
workers, etc.
- General
Power to make rules
- Powers
of Centre to give Directions
- No
charge for facilities and conveniences
- Publication
of rules
- Application
of Act to Government factories
- Protection
to persons acting under this Act
- Restriction
on disclosure of information
- Restriction on
disclosure of information
- Act
to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 37of 1970
- Repeal and savings
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