Section 5. Proviso omitted by s. 11, ibid . (w.e.f. 7-10-2010)

5. Proviso omitted by s. 11, ibid . (w.e.f. 7-10-2010). 6. Ins. by 49 of 2007, s. 12, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-10-2010). 5. 1st January, 1924, see Notification No. A- 61, dated the 4th December, 1923, Gazette of India, Pt. I, p. 1695. 6. Subs by Act 49 of 2007, s. 3, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 27-5-2008). 7. Ins. by Act 11 of 1937, s. 3. 8. Subs. by Act 49 of 2007, s. 3, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 1-8-2010). 9. Subs. by Act 18 of 1960, s. 2, for clause (c). 10. Ins. by Act 49 of 2007, s. 3 (w.e.f. 7-10-2010). regulations for inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture, erection and use. All Inspectors shall be ipso facto competent persons;] 1 [(cc) "economiser" means any part of a feed-pipe that is wholly or partially exposed to the action of flue gases for the purpose of recovery of waste heat; (ccc) "feed-pipe" means any pipe or connected fitting wholly or partly under pressure through which feed water passes directly to a boiler and[2] [which] does not form an integral part thereof;] 3[(ccd) "Inspecting Authority" means an institution recognised in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations for the inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture. All Chief Inspectors of Boilers shall be ipso facto Inspecting Authorities;] (cce) "manufacture" means manufacture, construction and fabrication of boiler or boiler component, or both; (ccf) "manufacturer" means a person engaged in the manufacture;] 1[ 5. Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors. —(1) The State Government may appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the State for the purposes of this Act, and may define the local limits within which each Inspector shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on Inspectors by or under this Act. (2) The State Government may appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Deputy Chief Inspectors for the State and may define the local limits within which each Deputy Chief Inspector shall exercise his powers and perform his duties under this Act. 1. Subs. by Act 18 of 1960, s. 5, for section 5. (3) Every Deputy Chief Inspector may exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on Inspectors by or under this Act and, in addition thereto, may exercise such powers or perform such duties conferred or imposed of the Chief inspector by or under this Act, as the State Government may assign to him. (4) The State Government shall appoint a person to be Chief Inspector for the State who may, in addition to the powers and duties conferred and imposed on the Chief Inspector by or under this Act, exercise any power or perform any duty so conferred or imposed on Deputy Chief Inspectors or Inspectors. (d) "owner"[4] [includes any person possessing or] using a boiler as agent of the owner thereof and any person using a boiler which he has hired or obtained on loan from the owner thereof; (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations or rules made under this Act; 5[(f) "steam pipe" means any pipe through which steam passes if— (i) the pressure at which steam passes through such pipe exceeds 3.5 kilogram per square centimeters above atmospheric pressure, or (ii)such pipe exceeds 254 millimeters in internal diameter and the pressure of steam exceeds 1 kilogram per square centimeters above the atmospheric pressure, and includes in either case any connected fitting of a steam-pipe;] 6[(g) "structural alteration, addition or renewal" means,— (i) any change in the design of a boiler or boiler component; (ii) replacement of any part of boiler or boiler component by a part which does not conform to the same specification; or (iii) any addition to any part of a boiler or boiler component; (h) "superheater" means any equipment which is partly or wholly exposed to flue gases for the purpose of raising the temperature of steam beyond the saturation temperature at that pressure and includes a re-heater; (i) "Technical Adviser" means the Technical Adviser appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4A.] 1[(4A) No person shall be appointed as the Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector or Inspector unless he possesses such qualifications and experience as may be prescribed by the Central Government.] (5) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on them by or under this Act under the general superintendence and control of the Chief Inspector. (6) The Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors may offer such advice as they think fit to owners regarding the proper maintenance and safe working of boilers. (7) The Chief Inspector and all Deputy Chief Inspectors and Inspectors shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).] 7 [2A. Application of Act to feed-pipes. —Every reference in this Act (except where the word steampipe is used in clause (f) of section 2), to a steam-pipe or steam-pipes shall be deemed to include also a reference to a feed-pipe or feed-pipes, respectively.] 8 [2B. Application of Act to economisers .—Every reference in this Act to a boiler or boilers (except in clause (ccc) of section 2[9] *[10] *) shall be deemed to include also a reference to an economiser or economisers, respectively.] 1. Subs. by Act 34 of 1947, s. 2, for clause (cc) 2. Ins. by Act 40 of 1949, s. 3 and the Second Schedule. 3. Ins. by Act 49 of 2007, s. 3 (w.e.f. 7-10-2010). 4. Subs. by s. 3, ibid ., for "includes any person". 5. Subs. by s. 3, ibid ., for clause (f). Earlier it was substituted by Act 18 of 1960, s. 2, for clause (f). 6. Subs. by s. 3, ibid ., for clause (g). 7. Ins. by Act 17 of 1943, s. 3. 8. Ins. by Act 34 of 1947, s. 3. 9. The words, bracket, letters and figures "clause (e) of section 6, clauses (c) and (d) of section 11, clause (d) of section 29" omitted by Act 25 of 1952 s. 2. 10. The words and figures "and section 34" omitted by Act 18 of 1960, s. 3.