Indian Boilers Act

THE INDIAN BOILERS ACT, 1923
THE INDIAN BOILERS ACT, 1923

• This Act may be called the Indian Boilers Act,
passed in 23rd February, 1923.
Registration
(1) The owner of any boiler which is not registered under the provisions of this Act may apply
to the Inspector to have the boiler registered. Every such application shall be accompanied
by prescribed fee.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Inspector shall fix a date, within thirty
days or such shorter period as may be prescribed from the date of the receipt, for the
examination of the boiler and shall give the owner thereof not less than ten days' notice of
the date so fixed.
(3) On the said date the Inspector shall proceed to measure and examine the boiler and to
determine in the prescribed manner the maximum pressure. If any, at which such boiler,
may be used, and shall report the result of the examination to the Chief Inspector in the
prescribed form.
Registration
(4) The Chief Inspector, on receipt of the report, may-
(a) register the boiler and assign a register number thereto either forthwith or after
satisfying himself that any structural alteration, addition or renewal which he
may deem necessary has been made in or to the boiler or any steam-pipe
attached thereto, or
(b) refuse to register the boiler.
(5) The Chief Inspector shall, on registering the boiler, order the issue to the owner
of a certificate in the prescribed form authorising the user of the boiler for a
period not exceeding twelve months at a pressure not exceeding such maximum
pressure as he thinks fit and as is in accordance with the regulations made under
this Act
Registration
(6) The Inspector shall forthwith convey to the owner of the boiler,
the orders of the Chief Inspector and shall in accordance therewith
issue to the owner any certificate of which the issue has been
ordered, and, where the boiler has been registered, the owner shall
within the prescribed period cause the register number to be
permanently marked thereon in the prescribed manner
Renewal of certificate
(1) A certificate authorising the use of a boiler shall cease to be in force:
a) on the expiry of the period for which it was granted; or
b) when any accident occurs to the boiler; or
c) when the boiler is moved, the boiler not being a vertical boiler the heating surface of which
is less than 18.58 square metres, ora portable or vehicular boiler; or
d) when any structural alteration, addition or renewal is made in or to the boiler; or
e) if the Chief Inspector in any particular case so directs, when any structural alteration,
addition or renewal is made in or to any steam-pipe attached to the boiler; or
f) on the communication to the owner of the boiler of an order of the Chief Inspector or
Inspector prohibiting its use on the ground that it or any steam-pipe attached thereto is in a
dangerous condition.
Use of boiler pending grant of certificate
(1) Notwithstanding anything herein before contained, when the

period of a certificate relating to a boiler has expired, the owner
shall, provided that he has applied before the expiry of that period
for a renewal of the certificate, be entitled touse the boiler at the
maximum pressure entered in the former certificate pending the
issue of orders on the application.
Alterations and renewals to boilers
• No structural alteration, addition or renewal shall be made

in or to any boiler registered under this Act unless such
alteration, addition or renewal has been sanctioned in
writing by the Chief inspector.
Penalties for illegal use of boiler
• Any owner of a boiler who, in any case in which a certificate or provisional

order is required for the uses of the boiler under this Act, uses the boiler either
without any such certificate or order being in force or at a higher pressure
than that allowed thereby, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to
five hundred rupees, and, in the case of a continuing offence, with an
additional fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for each day after the
first day in regard to which he is convicted of having persisted in the offence.

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THE INDIAN BOILERS ACT, 1923

THE INDIAN BOILERS ACT, 1923

(1) Notwithstanding anything herein before contained, when the

• No structural alteration, addition or renewal shall be made

• Any owner of a boiler who, in any case in which a certificate or provisional

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