Section 24
Other penalties.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to steam boilers.
Any person who--(a) uses or permits to be used a boiler of which he is
the owner and which has been transferred from one State to another without such transfer having been
reported as required by section 6, or
(b) being the owner of a boiler fails to cause the registered number allotted to the boiler under this Act to be marked on the boiler as required by sub-section (6) of section 7, or
(c) makes any structural alteration, addition or renewal in or to a boiler without first obtaining the sanction of the Chief Inspector when so required by section 12, or to a steam-pipe without first informing the Chief Inspector when so required by section 13, or
(d) fails to report an accident to a boiler or steam-pipe when so required by section 18, or
(e) tampers with a safety valve of a boiler so as to render it inoperative at the maximum pressure at which the use of the boiler is authorized under this Act.
1[(f) allows another person to go inside a boiler without effectively disconnecting the same in the prescribed manner from any steam or hot water connection with any other boiler or from fuel mains,]
shall be 2[punishable with imprisonment which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both].
(b) being the owner of a boiler fails to cause the registered number allotted to the boiler under this Act to be marked on the boiler as required by sub-section (6) of section 7, or
(c) makes any structural alteration, addition or renewal in or to a boiler without first obtaining the sanction of the Chief Inspector when so required by section 12, or to a steam-pipe without first informing the Chief Inspector when so required by section 13, or
(d) fails to report an accident to a boiler or steam-pipe when so required by section 18, or
(e) tampers with a safety valve of a boiler so as to render it inoperative at the maximum pressure at which the use of the boiler is authorized under this Act.
1[(f) allows another person to go inside a boiler without effectively disconnecting the same in the prescribed manner from any steam or hot water connection with any other boiler or from fuel mains,]
shall be 2[punishable with imprisonment which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both].
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 18 of 1960, s. 12.
2. Subs. by Act 49 of 2007, s. 22, for "punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees" (w.e.f. 27-5-2008).
2. Subs. by Act 49 of 2007, s. 22, for "punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees" (w.e.f. 27-5-2008).