Section 91A:
Safety and occupational health surveys.
1[91A. Safety and occupational health surveys.--(1) The Chief Inspector, or the Director General
of Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes, or the Director General of Health Services, to the
Government of India, or such other officer as may be authorised in this behalf by the State Government or
the Chief Inspector or the Director General of Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes or the
Director General of Health Services may, at any time during the normal working hours of a factory, or at
any other time as is found by him to be necessary, after giving notice in writing to the occupier or
manager of the factory or any other person who for the time being purports to be in charge of the factory,
undertake safety and occupational health surveys, and such occupier or manager or other person shall
afford all facilities for such survey, including facilities for the examination and testing of plant and
machinery and collection of samples and other data relevant to the survey.
(2) For the purpose of facilitating surveys under sub-section (1) every worker shall, if so required by
the person conducting the survey, present himself to undergo such medical examination as may be
considered necessary by such person and furnish all information in his possession and relevant to the
survey.
(3) Any time spent by a worker for undergoing medical examination or furnishing information under
sub-section (2) shall, for the purpose of calculating wages and extra wages for overtime work, be deemed
to be time during which such worker worked in the factory.]
2[Explanation.--For the purposes of this section, the report, if any, submitted to the State
Government by the person conducting the survey under sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a report
submitted by an Inspector under this Act.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 94 of 1976, s. 39 (w.e.f. 26-10-1976).
2. Ins. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 29 (w.e.f. 1-12-1987),