22. Section 53 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor:-
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| | (1) Where any process or operation carried on in any factory involves a special risk of injury to the eyes of persons employed in such process or operation or to the eyes of person working close to the place where such process or operation is in progress, there shall be provided suitable eye protection for such persons. | | |
| | (2) The Minister may by regulations-
| | | (a) provided for the type of protection to be provided generally and in any class or description of factory; |
| (b) provide that, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, qualified persons be engaged in the supply, fitting and changing of eye protectors; |
| (c) provide that persons with defective eye sight be supplied with special eve protectors ; and |
| (d) provide generally for all matters connected with or incidental to the matters aforesaid.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts