The Boilers Act, 1923, 5 of 1923 (Rep., Act 12 of 2025)

Section 20A. Power of Central Government to revise order of appellate authority

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

5[ 20A. Power of Central Government to revise order of appellate authority .—(1) Any person considering himself aggrieved by an order of the appellate authority refusing under section 20 to interfere with an order not to register a boiler or not to grant or renew a certificate in respect thereof on the ground that the boiler does not conform to the regulations made under this Act may, within two months of the communication to him of such order, make an application to the Central Government for a revision of that order on the ground that such boilers are in use in other countries. (2) Upon the receipt of such an application, the Central Government may, after calling for relevant records and other information from the appellate authority and considering the observations, if any, of that authority on the application and after obtaining such technical advice as the Central Government may consider necessary, pass such order in relation to the application, as the Central Government thinks fit; and, Where the revision is allowed, the order shall specify the terms and conditions on which any variations from the regulations made under this Act are to be dealt with during the examination of the boiler.] 1. Section 19 renumbered as sub-section (1) by Act 49 of 2007, s. 17 (w.e.f. 27-5-2008). 2. Ins. by s. 17, ibid. (w.e.f. 27-5-2008). 3. Section 20 renumbered as sub-section (1) by s. 18, ibid. (w.e.f. 27-5-2008). 4. Ins. by s. 18, ibid . (w.e.f. 7-10-2010). 5. Ins. by Act 18 of 1960, s. 10 1 2 [ 21. Finality of orders .— [An order of the Central Government under sections 20 and 20A,] or of the chief Inspector, or of a Deputy Chief Inspector, or of an Inspector, shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court.]

Source: India Code

How this section changed

  1. inserted by Act 18 of 1960, s. 10

    Date not stated in the footnote

    Footnote: 5. Ins. by Act 18 of 1960, s. 10