Section 6. Registration

6. Registration. —(1) The owner of any boiler which is not registered under the provisions of this Act[5] [may apply to the Inspector along with such other documents as may be prescribed by regulations to have the boiler registered]. Every such application shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Inspector shall fix a date, within thirty days or such shorter period as may be prescribed from the date of the receipt, for the examination of the boiler and shall give the owner thereof not less than ten days' notice of the date so fixed. 6[(3) On the said date the Inspector shall inspect the boiler with a view to satisfying himself thatthe boiler has not suffered any damage during its transit from the place or manufacture to the site of erection and forward a report of the inspection along with the documents to the Chief Inspector within seven days. (4) The Chief Inspector, on receipt of the report, may— (a) register the boiler and assign a register number thereto either forthwith or after satisfying himself that any structural alteration, addition or renewal which he may deem necessary has been made in or to the boiler or any steam-pipe attached thereto, or 1. Ins. by Act 49 of 2007, s. 6 (w.e.f. 7-10-2010). 2. Subs. by s. 7, ibid ., for "State Government" (w.e.f. 7-10-2010). 3. Subs. by Act 18 of 1960, s. 5, for section 5.