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A History of Factory Legislation in India

1920

Exception was taken to the appointment of special officers as Inspectors and on the motion of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal Section 3 of the Bill was amended so as to leave the appointment of such special officers at the discretion of the Local Government. [...] This Act of 1881 then dealt with powers of inspetion in the hands of Local Governments the regulation of the employment of children the fencing of _machinery the duty of notifying occupation of a factory and accidents to employees and the powers of Local Governments to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the Act. [...] The lieutenant-Governor of Bengal considered that the objects aimed at in the efficient and conciliatory dicharge of the duties of inspection could be best attained by leaving such duties in the hands of District Magitrates within the local limits of their jurisdicttion with the exception of Calcutta where the Deputy Commissioner of Police and of the District of 24-Perg unnahs where the se [...] We find that in March 1881 the Government of Bombay in forwarding to the Government of India the report of its special Insdector of Factories urged the expediency of an amenment of the Factory Law of 1881.` It suggested further that if the Government of India were unwilling to move in the matter it the Government of Bombay might be granted permission by local legislation to extend the pr [...] 1766 of 23rd May 1884 it was declared : — The Governor in Council must adhere to the opinion already expressed by him and communicated on more than one occasion to the Government of India that the provsions of the existing Indian Factories Act are insufficient for the due protection of the operatives notably the children employed in the factories and that the restriction which exempts from
commerce industry
Pages
198
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144441
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-viii J.C. Kydd view
Chapter I.The Frist Indian Factory Act
1-23 J.C. Kydd view
Chapter II.The Bombay Factory Commison of 1884-85
24-40 J.C. Kydd view
Chapter III.Interest in Indian Factory Labour in the United Kingdom The Indian Factory Commission of 1890 and the Act of 1891
41-68 J.C. Kydd view
Chapter IV.Controversy Between Between Trade Rivals—Night work — The Textile Factories Labour Commitee of 1906
69-91 J.C. Kydd view
Chapter V.The Indian Factory Labour Commission of 1908 and the Act of 1911
92-117 J.C. Kydd view
Chapter VI.The Indian and British Fatory Act
118-139 J.C. Kydd view
Appendix I.The International Labour Conference and the Indian Factory Act
140-146 J.C. Kydd view
Appendix II.The Indian Factories Act 1881 (Act No. XV of 1881)
147-155 J.C. Kydd view
Appendix
156-190 J.C. Kydd view

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