{"id":7094,"date":"2014-08-27T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T12:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/sccblog\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2018-04-27T11:46:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T06:16:57","slug":"factories-amendment-bill-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2014\/08\/27\/factories-amendment-bill-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014 has been introduced in Lok Sabha on August 7, 2014. The Bill is introduced to amend the Factories Act, 1948. The Bill provides for<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Amendment to section 18 so as to extend the provisions relating to drinking water to all factories irrespective of number of workers;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Amendment to section 22 so as to prohibit the pregnant woman or a person with disability to work on or near machinery in motion;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Substitution of new sections for existing :<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Section 27 relating to \u201cprohibition of employment of women and children near cotton openers\u201d so as to prohibit employment of young persons, pregnant woman and persons with disabilities in any part of a factory for pressing cotton in which a cotton-opener is at work;<\/li>\n<li>Section 36 relating \u201cEntry into confined spaces\u201d so as to provide adequate facilities to the persons who are liable to enter into confined spaces;<\/li>\n<li>Section 46 relating to \u201cCanteens\u201d so as to provide canteen facilities in respect of factories employing two hundred or more workers instead of the present stipulation of two hundred and fifty workers;<\/li>\n<li>Section 66 relating to Further restrictions on employment of women;<\/li>\n<li>Section 92 relating to General Penalty for offences;<\/li>\n<li>Section 93 relating to Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstances;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Insertion of new sections i.e. Section 35 A relating to\u00a0 Personal protective equipments so as to impose obligation upon the occupier to make a provision of \u201cpersonal protective equipment\u201d for workers exposed to various hazards; Section 41- I relating to Power to make rules regarding hazardous substances; Section 112 A relating to Power to make rules by Central Government;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0Omission of Section 26 and First Schedule.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Insertion of Fourth Schedule which deals with the list of compoundable offences.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Amendment to section 37, 41B, 47 which relates to \u201cexplosive or inflammable dust, gas, etc.\u201d, so as to take practical measures against explosion or inflammable dust, gas, etc.; \u201ccompulsory disclosure of information by the occupier\u201d to provide for preparation of emergency plan and disaster control measures in consultation with the workers; shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms\u201d so as to provide for shelters or rest rooms and lunch rooms in respect of factories employing seventy-five or more workers instead of present stipulation of one hundred and fifty workers, respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0To read the full amendments, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egazette.nic.in\/WriteReadData\/2014\/160549.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014 has been introduced in Lok Sabha on August 7, 2014. 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