Section 6. Approv~l, and registration of

CHAPTER I Short title, ex+t and commencement %. `4;` . . - . ', \ - \ C . e . b the 1st - day of April, 1940. Interpretation.-In this ATt, unless there is anytbing repugnant in %he & \ (a) "adult" nleans a persd:i who has completed his eighteenth year of age; ., \ `j` (b) "adolescent" means a who has completed his fifteenth gem ,of age but has not completed ~ C . e . 2. Interpretation.-In subject or context,- : : (c) "child" means a person whohas not completed his fifteenth gear of age ; `1` (d) "young person" means a perso4 who is either a child or an adoles-, i ,cent; (6) "day" means a period of iurenty:fQur hours beginningtat midnight; ' (A c'wbekJ',means a period of seven kngs beginning at midnight on Saturday night or such other night as m a q be approved in writing for a pwXicular area by the Chief Inspector of Faqtories; ( ) "power" means elecbrica! energy, 04 any other form of energy whictis mechanically transmitted and is not geherated by human or animal agency ; \ e. (h) "prin~e mover" means any engine, motor\oy other appliance which generates or othe~twise provides power; , `(i)` "transmission machinery" means auy shafti wheel, drum, pulley, system of pulleys, coupling, clutch, driSing bell 02% other appliance or . device by which the motion of a prime mover is tranipitted to or received *by any machinery or appliance : %' `1` (,j) ' 'machiiiery ' ' includes prime movers, transmissiop machinery and all other appliances whereby power is generated, t r a n ~ h ~ r n e d , transmittecl or applied; (k) "manufacturing process" means any process for-- '., '. - ti) mnlring, altering, repairing, ornamenting., finish?^^, packing, coiling, washing, cleaning, )malting up, deinolishing, or other&jse .treating or aclaptiag any article or .substaace~witli a view to its ;use, sale, transport, delivery or,disposnl, or \. , I . ~ i 6 - ~ . ' . h ~ ; ~ . n . / r / ~ ; ~ . - Z..Scl-L5. /j .3*) Se-1,. E 6 A,--. `3q3` ( 9 511 ii3*ij>,7/..47c/). `[ACT` LXUL k `L` E r L 7 - `P` - + - L - f, % 2. f g . k* i - `5` g `i` F [ 1 F [ - E k & 1 i `F` i. .$ f `8-` % C `p ,` k `6` - A r u v u u ~ L U J ia ia la) pumping oil, water or sewage, or I aiiii generating, transforming or transwitting power; or !b ( , )"printing b y letterpress, lithography, photogravure or other similar' work or book-binding, which is carried on by way of trade or for purGoses of gain, or incidentally to another business so ca~ried on; or (v) ~onstructing, reconstracting, repairing, refittin& finishing or breaking up ships or vessels; e (1) "worker" means a person employed, directly or through any agency, whether for wages or not, in any manufacturing process, or in cleaning any part of the mashinery or premises used for a manufacturing process, or in any other kind of work incidental to, or connected with, t h s manufacturing process, or the subject of the manufacturing process; (m) "factory" means any premises including the precincts thereof- (m) , (i) whereon ten or lnore workers are working, or were working on any day of the preceding twelve moaths, and in any part of which s , manufacturing, process is being carried oil \vith the aid of power, or" it3 ordinarily so carried on, or , (ii) whereon twenty or more workers are working, or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on without the aid of pwer, OF is ordinarily so oarridd on,- but does not include a mine subject to the operation of the Indian Mines a t , 1923 (IV of 1923), or a railway running shed; `(72)` "occupier" of a factory means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory, and where the said affairs are entrusted to n managing agent, such agent.shal1 be deemed to be the occupier of the factory; ( 0 ) "managing agent" has the meaning assigned to it in $he Indian Companies Act, 1913 (VII of 1913); Companies Act, 1913 (VII of 1913); (p) . Government under this Act; [ (7) 1 F [ - E 9. References to time of day.-In k references to to Indian Standard Time, being five and a half hours ahead of Green& 1 i wich Mean Time: i 1 < ' &a4 (a) specifying the area, (b) defining the local mean Companies Act, 1913 (VII 1913); - -F= (p) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by th% . . Government under this Act; ent' o - - ' 2 P r o v i m e (7) where work of the same kind% carried out by Cwo or bore' sets of workers working during different period9 of the day, each .of such sets is called a "rday" and each of such periods is called a "shift". -, 9. References to time of day.-In this Act references to time 6f day `are` references to to Indian Standard Time, being five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time: Provided that for any area in which Indian Standard Time is not ordinarily - ' &a4 Government may. malie rules- `14` [GT (b) defining the local mean time nrdin-zri!y &served thcrei, `sad` (c) permitting such time t i be observed in a11 or any of the factoriee situated in the area. - - . - - - -- 4. Power to declare departments `to` be separate factories.-The &xwk&~l Gevemi-~efit may, by crdcr ic wriiiag, clirect that different ciepnrin~ei~is or branches of a specified factory shall be treated as separate factories fpr au or any of the pui-pcscs of this Act. I. &,& J h7?;~oAAy f18 f18 `6.` /7Sb. `a` ' ~ , - -p `5.,` Power to exempt during p,ublic emergency.--la any case of public emergency the Pi-ovincial cfovernment mag, by ilotlfication ln the ofticla1 Gazette, irom a11 or am) oi the 1 ~ ; such conclit~olls us it nldy t!:.iilc Provided t h a t h such notification shall be made for a period exceeding three `I` months a t a time.\ factories,--(l j The Provincial - 6. Approv~l, and registration of Gavel-ument (a) requiring' the \revlous perrrilssion in writing 01 t h e Provincial Government or the chi& lnspector to baobtained for the site on which the factory is to'be situated ahd for the collstructiol~ or extension `of` nny ifact012 or class or description of isctorlcs; (b) requiring for the pul: ose of ccnsidering spylicatious ior sucli per- t' -. mission the submission of plaps a3d specifications; (c) prescribing the nature gf such plans :p~)ld specifications an l whom they shall be certified : L I ~ (d) requiring the registration qild licelising of factories or any class or description of factories, and prescrl nlg the fees payable for such .regiskra- 71: tlon andjicensing ancl for the rene.cv$ of licences; ,.+ (e) requiring that no licerlce shal1,be granted or renewed unless the l~otice specified in section 7. has been giSg~. (2) If on an 'application for . permission re,ferred to in clause (a) of subsection (1) accompanied by the plans and specifications required by the rules made under clause (b) of that sub-section, sent to the - or Chief Inspector by registered qost, no order is c aant within three months from the date on which i , applied for in the said application shall be deemed to (3) Where a -er;iment . . -- or a Chibf Ins permission to the site, constructiorl or extension of a fact - and licensing of a factory, the applicant may ~vithin t was of -the w ~ o v e r n m e n t such refusal appeal to the Central Government if t . . an-Government . . in any other case. Explanation.-A factory shall not be deemed to be extendecl within tlie meaning of this section by reason o n l ~ of the replacement of anv plant or machinery, or within such limits as may be prescribed oi .the additioil of anv plant or machinery. '