Section 25:
Self-acting machines.
No traversing part of a self-acting machine in any factory and no
material carried thereon shall, if the space over which it runs is a space over which any person is liable to
pass, whether in the course of his employment or otherwise, be allowed to run on its outward or inward
traverse within a distance of 1[forty-five centimetres] from any fixed structure which is not part of the
machine:
Provided that the Chief Inspector may permit the continued use of a machine installed before the
commencement of this Act which does not comply with the requirements of this section on such
conditions for ensuring safety as he may think fit to impose.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 11, for "eighteen inches" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987).