Act Number: 5

Act Name: The Boilers Act, 1923

Year: 1923

Enactment Date: 1923-02-23

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to steam boilers.

Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Section 24: Other penalties.
    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].
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).
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