Maharashtra Factories Rules, 1963
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Added by G. N. of 24th May, 1969. 1[3-A. Certificate of Stability:- (1) No manufacturing process shall be carried out in any premises of a factory constructed, reconstructed or extended or in any premises which has been taken into use as a factory or part of a factory until a certificate of stability issued by a competent person in respect of every work of engineering construction in the Form 1-A has been sent by the Occupier of the factory to the Chief Inspector of Factories, and approved by him: 1. Ins. by G. N., dt. 13-3-1994 published in M.G.G., Pt. I-L (Extra), dt. 19-7-84, P. 197. 1[4. Use of premises as a factor:-- No occupier shall use any premises as a factory unless.- (2) Every such application shall be accompanied by a treasury receipt or the cheque or by an Indian Postal Order or an invoice for book adjustment, as the case may be, for payment of the fees prescribed for the purpose as specified by the 2[Schedule below as applicable] 3[with effect from the 1st January 1990]:- Footnotes: 1[Schedule 2[A]
2. Subs. by G. N. Of 22-5-1984. 3. Schedule ''A'' Subs. By G. N. dt. 20-10-1998.Quantity of H.P< xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Installed Maximum
H. P.
Nil upto 10
Upto 9
Form
10
to 20
Form 21
to 50
Form 51
to 150
Form 151
to 250
Form
251 to
500
Form
501 to
1000
Form
1001 to
2500
Form
2501 to
4000
Form
4001
and
above
(2)
Rs.
100
200
(3)
Rs.
125
400
(4)
Rs.
250
750
(5)
Rs.
1000
2000
(6)
Rs.
1500
3000
(7)
Rs.
3000
4500
(8)
Rs.
6000
9000
(9)
Rs.
12000
18000
(10)
Rs.
18000
24000
24000
30000
Above 10 but not
above 50
300
700
1250
3000
4500
6000
12000
22500
27500
33000f
Above 50 but not
above 100
800
1250
1750
4500
6000
9000
15000
27000
30000
36000
Above 100 but not
above 500
1800
2500
3500
9000
12000
15000
22500
30000
36000
42000
Above 500 but not
above 1000
3500
4000
7500
12000
16500
19500
30000
36000
42000
48000
Above 1000 but
not above 2000
5000
7000
9500
16500
19500
24000
33000
42000
48000
54000
Above 2000
7000
9500
16500
19500
24000
33000
42000
48000
54000
60000
General Capacity in Megawatts
Number of workers
Upto 100
From 101 to 500
From 501 to 1000
Over 1000
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Upto 20 M. W.
1,200
1,800
3,000
4,500
Over 20 M.W. and upto 50 M.W.
1,700
2,700
4,500
6,000
Over 50 M.W. and upto 100
M.W.
2,500
3,500
6,000
7,500
Over 100 M.W. and upto 250
M.W.
3,500
4,500
7,500
9,000
Over 250 M.W. and upto 500
M.W.
4,500
6,000
9,000
10,500
Over 500 M.W. and upto 750
M.W.
7,000
7,000
10,500
12,000
Over 750 M.W. and upto 1000
M.W.
7,000
8,000
12,000
15,000
Over 1000 M.W.
8,000
9,000
15,000
18,000
Footnotes: 1. Subs, by G. N. dt. 20-10-1998.Rated capacity
More than 9 workers
Upto 20 M.V.A.
Over 20 M.VA and upto 50 M.V.A.
Over 50 M.VA. and upto 100 M.V.A.
Over 100 M.V.A. and upto 250 M.V.A.
Over 250 M.V.A. and upto 500 M.VA
Over 500 M.V.A. and upto 750 M.V.A.
Over 750 M.VA. and upto 1,000 M.VA
Over 1,000 M.V.A.
300
750
1,500
2,200
3,000
3,600
4,500
6,000
2. Ins. by G. N. dt. 26th July 1991, p. 300. 1[9-A. Revocation of licence:- The Chief Inspector or the Deputy Inspector authorised under sub-rule (1) of rule 8 may, at time before the expiry of the period for which the licence has been granted or renewed, revoke the licence on any pf. the grounds specified in the proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 6 or in clause (b) of sub-rule (2) of rule 8:Period of Delay
% of fees
Upto one month
5 %
Upto two month
10 %
Upto three month
15 %
Upto four months
20 %
Upto five months and above
25 %
1. Ins. and renumbered by G. N. dt. 8-2-1988. 1[22-A. Ventilation and temperature:-- (1) Limits of temperature and air movement.-- In any factory the maximum wet-bulb temperature of air in a work-room at a height of 1.5 metres above the floor level shall not exceed 300°C and adequate air movement of at least 30 meters per minute shall be provided; and in relation to drybulb temperature, the wet-bulb temperature in the workroom at the said height shall not exceed more than that shown in the Schedule hereto, or as regards a dry-bulb reading intermediate between the two dry-bulb readings, that specified in relation to the highter of these two dry bulb readings:Coach and motor body works Electric generating or transforming stations.
Foundries other than foundries in which brass casting is carried on
Engineering works.
Gur Factories.
Factories in which sugar is refined or manufactured.
Ship-building works.
Dry bulb temperature
Wet bulb temperature
30°C to 34°C
29°C
35°C to 39°C
28.5°C
40°C to 44°C
28°C
45°C to 47°C
27.5°C
Rules 34 to 38 prescribed under sub-section (4) of section 17 1[Rules 34] 2[35. Standards of lighting of factories:- (i) In every factory, where natural lighting is not such that day light conditions are fairly uniform over the working or other areas and/or daylight illumination is not sufficient, additional lighting, which shall be of uniform level, widely distributed to avoid hard shadows or strong contrast and free from direct or reflected glare, shall be provided. The minimum intensity of illumination for the different areas and work-rooms of the type given under column No. 2 shall be as given under column No. 3 of the Schedule 'A' appended hereto;Dry bulb Wet bulb
Dry bulb
Wet bulb
Dry bulb
Wet bulb
60.0 58.0
77.0
75.0
94.0
86.0
61.0
59.0
78.0
76.0
95.0
87.0
62.0
60.0
79.0
77.0
96.0
87.5
63.0
61.0
80.0
78.0
97.0
88.0
64.0
62.0
81.0
79.0
98.0
88.5
65.0
63.0
82.0
80.0
99.0
89.0
66.0
64.0
83.0
80.5
100.0
89.5
67.0
65.0
84.0
81.0
101.0
90.0 68.0
66.0
85.0
82.0
102.0
90.2
69.0
67.0
86.2
82.5
103.0
90.5
70.0
68.0
87.0
83.0
104.0
90.5
71.0
69.0
88.0
83.5
105.0
91.0
72.0
70.0
89.0
84.0
106.0
91.0
73.0
71.0
90.0
84.5
107.0
91.5
74.0
72.0
91.0
85.0
108.0
91.5
75.0
73.0
92.0
85.5
109.0
92.0
76.0
74.0
9,3.0
86.0
110.0
92.0
Sr. No.
Area and workroom
Minimum intensity of
illumination in Lux
1.
Stock-yards, main entrance and exit roads,
cat-walks of outdoor plants, coal unloading
and storage areas.
20
2.
Passage-ways, and corridors and stairways,
warehouses, stock-rooms for large and bulky materials, plat-forms of outdoor plants, basements.
50
3.
Engine and boiler rooms, passengers and
freight elevators, conveyer creting and boxing departments, store-rooms and stock-rooms rooms, toilet and washrooms.
100
1. Subs. by G. N. dt. 29 May 1976. 1[38. Exemption from rule 35:- Nothing in rule 35 shall apply to the parts of factories specified in the schedule annexed hereto. 48. Urinal accommodation:-- There shall be at least one urinal for every 50 male workers or part thereof employed at a time; provided that where the number of males employed exceeds 500 it shall be sufficient if there is one urinal for every 50 males up to the first 500 and one for every 100 or part thereof thereafter. 1[149. Drainage system for latrines and urinals:- Latrines and urinals shall either be of flush type or aqua-privy type and connected with an underground sewerage system as prescribed under rule 50 or connected to an efficient system of septic tanks: 1. Sub. by G. N. dt. 17th April 1975. 1[50. Certain latrines and urinals to be connected to sewerage system:- Where any general system of underground sewerage with an assured water supply for any locality is provided by a local authority all latrines and urinals of a factory situated in such locality shall be connected with that sewerage system.] 53. Water taps in latrines:- Water taps, conveniently accessible, shall be provided in or near such latrine accommodation. There shall be a least one tap for every ten latrines or part thereof. The water taps shall be connected to the Municipal water supply or to an overhead storage tank of sufficient capacity, so that water is available from the taps during all hours when the workers are in the factory. 1[53A. Number of Sweepers:- In every factory employing number of workers in any shift as shown in column No. 2 of the Schedule...Sr. No.
Name of work
Example
Minimum intensity
Of illumination in
Lux
1.
Where discrimination of detail is not essential,
Handling of material of coarse nature, rough sorting, grinding of clay products, handling coal
or ashes.
50
2.
Where slight discrimination of detail is essential.
Production of semi-finished iron steel products rough assernbling, railing of grains, opening, carding, drawing, siubbing, roving, spinning (ordinary) counts of cottons.
100
3.
Where moderate discrimination of detail is essential,
Medium assembling, rough bench work and machine work, inspection and testing of products, canning, sawing, venering planning of lumber, sewing of light coloured textiles and leather products, weaving light thread, warping, slashing doubling (fancy) spming
fine counts.
200
4.
Where close discrimination of detail is essential.
Medium bench and machine work 300 fine testing, flour grading, leather finishing, weaving cotton goods, or light coloured woolen goods, welding sub-assembly, drilling, rivettng, book-binding and folding.
300
5.
Whre discrimination of fine detail is involved under a fair degree of contract for long periods of time.
Fine assembling, fine bench and machine work, fine inspection, fine polishing and beveling of glass, fine wood working, weaying dark coloured woolen goods.
500
6.
Where discrimination of extremely fine detail is involved under conditions of extremely poor contrast for long periods of time.
Extra fine assembling, extra fine inspection, testing of extra fine instruments, jewellery and watch manufacturing, grading and working of tobacco products, dark cloth hand tailoring, final perching in dye works, make-up and proof reading in printing plants.
1000
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