(1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that no standards of safety have been prescribed in respect of a hazardous process or class of hazardous processes, or where the standards so prescribed are inadequate, it may direct the Director-General of Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes or any institution specialised in matters relating to standards of safety in hazardous processes, to lay down emergency standards for enforcement of suitable standards in respect of such hazardous processes.
(2) The emergency standards laid down under sub-section (1) shall, until they are incorporated in the rules made under this Act, be enforceable and have the same effect as if they had been incorporated in the rules made under this Act.
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1. Ins. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 20 (w.e.f. 1-12-1987).
Section 40A of Factories Act - Maintenance of buildings
Section 40B of Factories Act - Safety officers
Section 41 of Factories Act - Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
Section 41A of Factories Act - Constitution of Site Appraisal Committee
Section 41B of Factories Act - Compulsory disclosure of information by the occupier
Section 41D of Factories Act - Power of Central Government to appoint Inquiry Committee
Section 41E of Factories Act - Emergency standards
Section 41F of Factories Act - Permissible limits of exposure of chemical and toxic substances
Section 41G of Factories Act - Workers participation in safety management
Section 41H of Factories Act - Right of workers to warn about imminent danger