{"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":"32","heading":"Floors, stairs and means of access","text":"In every factory- (a) all floors, steps, stairs, passages and gangways shall be of sound construction and properly maintained5[and shall be kept free from obstructions and substances likely to cause persons to slip], and where it is necessary to ensure safety, steps, stairs, passages and gangways shall be provided with substantial handrails; (b) there shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be provided and maintained safe means of access to every place at which any person is at any time required to work. [(c) when any person has to work at a height from where he is likely to fall, provision shall be made, so far as is reasonably practicable, by fencing or otherwise, to ensure the safety of the person so working.] 1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 13, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 2. Subs. by s. 14, ibid., for \"in every room in a factory\" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 3. Subs. by s. 15, ibid., for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 4. Ins. by Act 94 of 1976, s. 13 (w.e.f. 26-10-1976). 5. Ins. by s. 14, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-10-1976). 6. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 16, for clause (c) (w.e.f. 1-12-1987).","html":"<p>In every factory- (a) all floors, steps, stairs, passages and gangways shall be of sound construction and properly maintained5[and shall be kept free from obstructions and substances likely to cause persons to slip], and where it is necessary to ensure safety, steps, stairs, passages and gangways shall be provided with substantial handrails; (b) there shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be provided and maintained safe means of access to every place at which any person is at any time required to work. [(c) when any person has to work at a height from where he is likely to fall, provision shall be made, so far as is reasonably practicable, by fencing or otherwise, to ensure the safety of the person so working.] 1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 13, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 2. Subs. by s. 14, ibid., for &quot;in every room in a factory&quot; (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 3. Subs. by s. 15, ibid., for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 4. Ins. by Act 94 of 1976, s. 13 (w.e.f. 26-10-1976). 5. Ins. by s. 14, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-10-1976). 6. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 16, for clause (c) (w.e.f. 1-12-1987).</p>","words":196,"text_source":"ocr"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/factories-act-1948-bihar/section/32/","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."}