Indian Boilers Act,1923
Act No : 5
Section : Power to make rules
29. 1*[(1)] Power to make rules. 1*[(1) The State Government may,by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules consistent withthis Act and the regulations made thereunder for all or any of thefollowing purposes, namely:- (a) for prescribing the qualifications and duties of the Chief Inspector, 2*[of Deputy Chief Inspectors] and of Inspectors, 3*** for prescribing or constituting authorities to which they shall respectively be subordinate, and the limits of the administrative control to be exercised by such authorities; (b) for regulating the transfer of boilers; (c) for providing for the registration and certification of boilers in accordance with the regulations made under this Act; (d) for requiring boilers to be in charge of persons holding 4*[certificates of proficiency or competency], and for prescribing the conditions on which such certificates may be granted; (e) for prescribing the times within which Inspectors shall be required to examine boilers under section 7 or section 8; 5*[(f) for prescribing the fees payable for the issue of renewed certificates, for the inspection and examination of boilers or parts thereof or drawings for steam-pipes, for the testing of welders or for any other matter which, in the opinion of the State Government, would involve time and labour, and for prescribing the method of determining the amount of such fees in each case;] (g) for regulating inquiries into accidents; (h) for constituting the appellate authority referred to in section 20, and for determining its powers and procedure; (i) for determining the mode of disposal of fees, costs and penalties levied under this Act; and (j) generally to provide for any matter which is, in the opinion of the State Government, a matter of merely local importance in the State: 6* * * * * 1*[(2) Every rule made by the State Government under this Actshall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the StateLegislature.]----------------------------------------------------------------------1. Renumbered and ins. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2 & Sch. (w.e.f. 15-5 86).2. Ins. by Act 18 of 1960, s. 17.3. The words "for regulating their salary, allowances and conditions service" rep. by the A. O. 1937.4. Subs. by Act 18 of 1960, s. 17, for "certificates of competency".5. Subs. by Act 18 of 1960 s. 17, ibid., for cl. (f).6. The proviso rep. by the A. O. 1937.18A
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