{"act":{"id":"factories-act-1948-jharkhand","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":"Jharkhand","unit":"section","section_count":132,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"ocr","scan_url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/scan/f19c0bef-5f5e-441b-ad6c-b794efc3ee8f.pdf","url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/factories-act-1948-jharkhand/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"2","heading":null,"text":"Interpretation. In this unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, - (a) \"adult\" means a person who has completed his fifteenth year of age; (b) \"adolescent\" means a person age but has not completed his eighteenth year; 4* [ (bb) \"calendar year\" means the period of twelve months beginning with the first day of January in any year; ] (c) \"child\" means a person who has not completed his fifteenth year of age; 5* [ (ca) ] \"competent person\", in relation to any provision of this Act, means a person or an institution recognised as such by the Chief Inspector for the purposes of carrying out tests, examinations and inspections required to be done in a factory under the provisions of this Act having regard to- (i) the qualifications and experience of the person and facilities available at his disposal; or (ii) the qualifications and experience of the persons employed in such institution and facilities available therein, With regard to the conduct of such tests, examinations and 1. The Act has been extended to- Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I. Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I. Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg, 11 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and Sch. I.","html":"<p>Interpretation. In this unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, - (a) &quot;adult&quot; means a person who has completed his fifteenth year of age; (b) &quot;adolescent&quot; means a person age but has not completed his eighteenth year; 4* [ (bb) &quot;calendar year&quot; means the period of twelve months beginning with the first day of January in any year; ] (c) &quot;child&quot; means a person who has not completed his fifteenth year of age; 5* [ (ca) ] &quot;competent person&quot;, in relation to any provision of this Act, means a person or an institution recognised as such by the Chief Inspector for the purposes of carrying out tests, examinations and inspections required to be done in a factory under the provisions of this Act having regard to- (i) the qualifications and experience of the person and facilities available at his disposal; or (ii) the qualifications and experience of the persons employed in such institution and facilities available therein, With regard to the conduct of such tests, examinations and 1. The Act has been extended to- Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I. Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I. Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg, 11 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and Sch. I.</p>","words":230,"text_source":"ocr"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/factories-act-1948-jharkhand/section/2/","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/f19c0bef-5f5e-441b-ad6c-b794efc3ee8f.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/56fb932c-25ad-4115-8490-f62104d5735d/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."}