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Factories (Amendment) Law (No. 12 of 1976) - Sect 13

Amendment of section 38 of the Principal enactment

13. Section 88 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -
(a) by the substitution, for subsection (2) thereof of the following new subsection: -
" (2) Every gasholder shall be thoroughly examined externally by a person who is the holder of a certificate issued in that behalf by the Commissioner at least once in every period of two years, and a record containing such particulars as may be prescribed of every such examination shall be entered in or attached to the general register.";
(b) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (6) thereof, of the following new subsection : -
" (6A) The Chief Factory Inspecting Engineer may, after taking into consideration the design, construction and capacity of any gasholder or a class of gasholder and the purpose for which such gasholder or class of gasholder is used, by certificate grant in respect of such gasholder or class of gasholder, subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, exemption from compliance with the provisions of this section."; and
(c) by the substitution, for subsection (7) thereof, of the following new subsection: -
' (7) In this section, the expression " gasholder " means a water-sealed gasholder'.


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