8. Section 34 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -
| (a) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (3) thereof, of the following new subsections: -
| | " (3A). No person shall, attend on or operate any steam boiler unless he is authorized in writing by the holder of a certificate issued under subsection (6). No person shall be authorized under this section unless after compliance with such requirements as may be prescribed. | | |
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| | | (a) No steam boiler in use in any factory before the notified date shall be so used after a period of three months has elapsed from the notified date, unless a certificate of registration is issued by the' Chief Factory Inspecting Engineer in respect of such boiler on application made in. that behalf. |
| (b) On and alter the notified date no new steam boiler shall be taken into use in any factory for the first time and, no steam boiler which had been used in any factory shall be taken into use in any other factory for the first time unless a certificate of registration is issued by the Chief Factory Inspecting Engineer in respect of such steam boiler on application made in that behalf. |
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| (b) by the substitution, for subsection (6) thereof, of the following-new subsection: -
| | (6) Every steam boiler and all its fittings and attachments shall be thoroughly examined by a person who is the holder of a certificate issued in that behalf by the Commissioner at least once in every period of twelve months. and also after any extensive repairs ; | | |
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| (c) by the substitution, for subsection (13) thereof, of the following new subsection: -
| | " (13) If the Chief Factory Inspecting Engineer is not satisfied as to the thoroughness of the examination, he may require the boiler to be re-examined by three persons nominated by him, and the occupier shall give the necessary facilities for such re-examination. If as a result of such re-examination it appears that the report of the examination was inadequate or inaccurate in any material particular, the cost of the re-examination shall be recoverable from the occupier as a debt due to the State and the report of the re-examination purporting to be signed by the persons making it shall be admissible in evidence and be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein." ; and | | |
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| (d) by the substitution, for subsection (14), thereof, of the following new subsection: -
| | ' (14) In this Part, the expression " maximum permissible working pressure " means, in the case of a new steam boiler, that specified in the certificate referred to in subsection (9) of this section and in the case of a steam boiler which has been examined in accordance with the provisions of this section, that specified in the report of the last examination; and the expression "steam boiler " means any closed vessel in which for any purpose steam is generated under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, and. includes any hot water boiler working at a temperature of not less than 110 degrees centigrade, any economiser used to heat the water fed to any such vessel, and superheater used for heating steam.'. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts