Sanitary regulation of factories, etc

Sanitary regulation of factories, etc.-

1. (1) Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any factory, workshop or work-place or any building or place in which mechanical power is employed is not kept in a cleanly state, or is not ventilated in such a manner as to render as far as practicable harmless any gas vapour, soot or other impurity generated in the course of work carited there in, or is so overcrowded during working hours as to be dangerous or injurious to the health of the person employed therein; or that any machinery there in is so fixed or so insecurely fenced as to be dangerous to life or limb, the Commissioner may by written notice require the owner thereof to take such order in respect thereof as the Commissioner shall think fit to order.
2. (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect, any provision of the Indian Boilers Act, 1923, and nothing in this section regulating the fixing or fencing of any machinery shall apply to any factory subject to the provisions of the Factories Act 1948.