20, The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 44, and shall have effect as section 44A, of the principal enactment: -
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| | (1) Where a Magistrate's Court is satisfied on complaint by any person appointed under section 100 that any premises which are or are part of or are intended to be used as a factory are in such a condition, or are so controlled or placed, that any process or work carried on therein, or intended to be carried on therein, cannot be so carried on with due regard to the safety, health and welfare of the persons employed, the court may by order prohibit the use thereof for the purpose of that process or work and, in the case of premises which are intended to be used as a factor, the court may make the like order if satisfied on complaint by any person under section 100 that the process or work cannot be carried on therein without a contravention of this Ordinance or any regulation or order made hereunder. | | |
| | (2) The carrying on of any process or work may, by an order under subsection (1) of this section, be prohibited either Indefinitely or until such steps have been taken as may be specified in the order to enable the process or work to be carried on with due regard to the safety, health and welfare of the persons employed or without such a contravention as aforesaid, as the case may be; but any such order may be revoked or varied on the application by way of complaint of the occupier or owner of the premises. | | |
| | (3) On any application for the revocation or variation of an order under subsection (1) of this section the complainant shall be entitled to be heard.'. | | |
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