Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
Chapter VIII: .
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE. | Section 43: Any person who—
(a) wilfully obstructs an inspector in the exercise of any power under section 5, or fails to produce on demand by an inspector any registers
1911.] Factories. 157
(Chapter VIII
43. Any person who—
(a) wilfully obstructs an inspector in the exercise of any power under section 5, or fails to produce on demand by an inspector any registers
1911.] Factories. 157
(Chapter VIII.—Penalties and Procedure.)
registers or other documents kept in pursuance of this Act or the rules made thereunder, or conceals or prevents or attempts to prevent any person employed in a factory from appearing before or being examined by an inspector;
(b) smokes, or uses a naked light, or causes or permits any such light to be used, in the immediate vicinity of any inflammable material in contravention of section 17; or
(c) does or omits to do any other act prohibited or prescribed by this Act or any order or rule made thereunder;
shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.
Source: India Code