1[(1)] Where in any factory an accident occurs which causes death, or which causes any bodily injury by reason of which the person injured is prevented from working for a period of forty-eight hours or more immediately following the accident, or which is of such nature as may be prescribed in this behalf, the manager of the factory shall send notice thereof to such authorities, and in such form and within such time, as may be prescribed.
2[(2) Where a notice given under sub-section (1) relates to an accident causing death, the authority to whom the notice is sent shall make an inquiry into the occurrence within one month of the receipt of the notice or, if such authority is not the Inspector, cause the Inspector to make an inquiry within the said period.
(3) The State Government may make rules for regulating the procedure at
inquiries under this section.]
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1. Section 88 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 94 of 1976, s. 37 (w.e.f. 26-10-1976).
2. Ins. by s. 37, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-10-1976).
Section 81 of Factories Act - Payment in advance in certain cases
Section 82 of Factories Act - Mode of recovery of unpaid wages
Section 83 of Factories Act - Power to make rules
Section 84 of Factories Act - Power to exempt factories
Section 85 of Factories Act - Power to apply the Act to certain premises
Section 86 of Factories Act - Power to exempt public institutions
Section 87 of Factories Act - Dangerous operations
Section 87A of Factories Act - Power to prohibit employment on account of serious hazard
Section 88 of Factories Act - Notice of certain accidents
Section 88A of Factories Act - Notice of certain dangerous occurrences
Section 89 of Factories Act - Notice of certain diseases
Section 90 of Factories Act - Power to direct enquiry into cases of accident or disease