FACTORIES ACT,1934

An act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories

INTRODUCTION

FIRSTLY CAME INTO FORCE 1ST JANUARY 1935

DEFINE RULES AND REGULATIONS

82 SECTIONS

81 ARE IN OPERATIONAL

1 IS REPEALED

APPLICABILITY

THIS ACT IS APPLICABLE TO ALL THE PROVINCES OF PAKISTAN

DEFINITIONS

ADOLESCENT

ADULT

CHILD

DAY

WEEK

DEFINITIONS

POWER

WORKER

FACTORY

MACHINERY

DEFINITIONS

OCCUPIER

RELAY

SHIFT

TYPES OF FACTORIES

1) ORDINARY FACTORY

2) SEASONAL FACTORY

SEASONAL FACTORY

WORK WITHIN PARTICULAR SEASON

ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING PROCESS LIKE COTTON,TEA,SUGAR,COFEE.

REQUIRE TO WORK MORE THAN 180 DAYS TO DECLARE AS REGULAR FACTORY

REQUIRED TO PUBLISH IN OFFICIAL GAZETTE

SEASONAL FACTORY

1. NAME AND SITUATION OF FACTORY2. COMMUNICATION ADDRESS3. NATURE OF MANUFACTURING4. NATURE AND AMOUNT OF POWER 5. NAME OF MANAGER

REQUIREMENTS TO OPERATE

THE INSPECTING STAFF

APPOINTED BY PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

DISTRICT MAGISTRATE WORKS AS AN INSPECTOR

HEALTH AND SAFETY CLEANLINESS

DISPOSAL OF WASTES

VENTILATION AND TEMPERATURE

DUST AND FUMES

HEALTH AND SAFETY OVERCROWDING

LIGHTING

DRINKING WATER

LATRINE AND URINALS

SPITTOONS

Compulsory vaccination

PRECAUTION IN CASE OF FIRE

LEGALLY REQUIRED A SUITABLE SPACE

WARNING ALARMS SHOULD BE INSTALLED

FENCING OF MACHINERY

WORKING ON MACHINERY

Lubricating, adjusting, examining of a machine should be done by trained workers

Workers should be male and adult

Should be dressed in tight fitting clothes

Child and women are not allowed to work

YOUNG PERSONS ON MACHINERY

Young persons are not allowed to work on dangerous machinery.

EXCEPTION Fully instructed and well know about danger.

Fully trained.

MECHANICAL APPLIANCES

Efficient mechanical appliances should be constructed

Suitable devices should be installed for cutting of power in emergency

PROHIBITION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Any women or child are not allowed to employed in any part of a factory for pressing cotton in

which a cotton opener is at work.

CRANES AND LIFTING MACHINES

Must be good constructed Properly maintained Should not be overloaded Load capacity must be marked on them

HOISTS AND LIFTS

Must be constructed of sound material

Properly checked after six month

Protected by enclosure fitted with gates

STAIRS Sound construction and

properly maintain

Provided with hand rail to make them more safe

EXCESSIVE WEIGHTS

No person shall be employed in any factory to lift , carry or move heavy load that result in cause of injury

PROTECTION OF EYES

Provide effective screens or suitable goggles to avoid risks of injury to the eyes during work in factory due to any reason .

SAFETY OF MANUFACTURING PROCESS

PRECAUTION AGAINST FUMES

No person is permitted to enter in that space where dangerous fumes are likely to be presented .

POWER TO EXCLUDE CHILDREN

The provincial government has been empowered to make rules prohibiting the admission to any specified class of factories or to specify parts thereto, of children, who cannot be lawfully employed therein.

CERTAIN ACCIDENT

Injured person is prevented during 48 hours or depend on nature.

APPEALS

The manager of the factory on whom an order in writing by an inspector has been served under the provisions of this section then in this case occupier of the factory within thirty days can do an appeal against the provincial government or appointed authority. Rules made by the provincial government should be observed, confirm, modify against the order.

ADDITIONAL POWER

ROOMS FOR CHILDREN

CERTIFICATES OF STABILITY

HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS

RESTRICTIONS ON ADULT Weekly hours:

Daily hours

HOLIDAYS WITH PAY

Festival holidays

Casual leave and sick leave

Application

Annual holidays

SPECIAL PROVISION

Notice of periods for work for children

Restriction on working hours of child Non-adult workers to carry tokens giving reference

Prohibition of employment of young children

PENALTY AND PROCEDURES

Contravention to the provision of the factories Act, 1934, will attract penalties. The manager and the occupier of the factory shall be punishable with fine which may extend to Rs. 500. The proviso lays down that if both the manager and the occupier are convicted, the aggregate of the fine in respect of same contravention shall not exceed this amount. However, there are enhanced penalties in certain cases after previous conviction and relating to other matters.

SUPPLEMENTAL

It is legal requirement to display in every factory; a notice containing such abstracts of the factories act, 1934 and of the rules made there under in English and in the vernacular of the majority of the workers as the Provincial Government may prescribe. All the notices shall be displayed at some conspicuous place or near the main entrance to the factory and shall be maintained in clean and legible conditions.

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