{"act":{"id":"factories-act-1948-bihar","short_title":"The Factories Act, 1948","long_title":null,"act_number":"63","act_year":1948,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":null,"department":null,"jurisdiction":"Bihar","unit":"section","section_count":125,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"ocr","scan_url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/scan/95a48c2f-32e3-4ab3-ae03-ece0be734d0c.pdf","url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/factories-act-1948-bihar/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"17","heading":"Lighting","text":"(1) In every pan of a factory where workers are working of passing there shall be provided and maintained sufficient and suitable lighting, natural or artificial, or both. 1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 7 for \"three hundred and fifty cubic feet\" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 2. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for \"five hundred cubic feet\" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 3. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for \"fourteen feet\" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). (2) In every factory all glazed windows and skylights used for the lighting of the workrooms shall be kept clean on both the inner and outer surfaces and, so far as compliance with the provisions of any rules made under sub-section (3) of section 13 will allow, free from obstruction. (3) In even factory effective provision shall, so far as is practicable, be made for the prevention of- (a) glare, either directly from a source of light or by reflection from a smooth or polished surface: (b) the formation of shadows to such an extent as to cause eye-strain or the risk of accident to any worker. (4) The State Government may prescribe standards of sufficient and suitable lighting for factories or for any class or description of factories or for any manufacturing process.","html":"<p>(1) In every pan of a factory where workers are working of passing there shall be provided and maintained sufficient and suitable lighting, natural or artificial, or both. 1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 7 for &quot;three hundred and fifty cubic feet&quot; (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 2. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for &quot;five hundred cubic feet&quot; (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 3. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for &quot;fourteen feet&quot; (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). (2) In every factory all glazed windows and skylights used for the lighting of the workrooms shall be kept clean on both the inner and outer surfaces and, so far as compliance with the provisions of any rules made under sub-section (3) of section <a href=\"/factories-act-1948-bihar/section/13/\">13</a> will allow, free from obstruction. (3) In even factory effective provision shall, so far as is practicable, be made for the prevention of- (a) glare, either directly from a source of light or by reflection from a smooth or polished surface: (b) the formation of shadows to such an extent as to cause eye-strain or the risk of accident to any worker. (4) The State Government may prescribe standards of sufficient and suitable lighting for factories or for any class or description of factories or for any manufacturing process.</p>","words":204,"text_source":"ocr"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/factories-act-1948-bihar/section/17/","note":null,"source_note":"Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/95a48c2f-32e3-4ab3-ae03-ece0be734d0c.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/cba8f9ed-af73-4552-953f-6602e41c3554/content).","judgments_note":"Judgment holdings are the ratio decidendi as extracted from the order by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered. Reported judgments only.","licence":"Published with commentary and other original matter under s.52(1)(q)(ii), Copyright Act 1957."}