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Notes request is made. If no reply is received within the aforesaid period, the permission is presumed.
In case permission is refused then, in that case, the applicant may appeal to the State Government
if permission is refused by the Chief Inspector or to the Central Government if the permission is
refused by the State Government, within 30 days.

Did u know? No license or renewal of license shall be granted unless the occupier gives
at least 15 days notice in writing to the Chief Inspector of factories before he proposes to
occupy or use any premises as factory.
The notice shall state the full particulars of the factory, namely:

l z the name and situation of the factory;
l z the name and address of the occupier;
l z the name and address of the owner of the premises or building;
l z the nature of manufacturing process;
l z the total rated horse power installed or to be installed in the factory, which shall not include
the rated horse power of any separate standby plant;
l z The name of manager of the factory for the purpose of this Act;
l z The number of workers likely to be employed in the factory ;
l z the average number of workers per day employed during the last twelve months, in case of
a factory, is in existence on the date of the commencement of this Act;
l z such other particulars as may be prescribed under the rules. [Section 7 (1)]
The occupier is required to give notice to the Chief Inspector of Factories containing the above
particulars with regard to those factories which were already functioning before this Act,
within 30 days from the commencement of the Act [Section 7 (2)]. Before a factory engaged
in a manufacturing process which is ordinarily carried on for less than 180 working days in
a year resumes working, the occupier is required to send full particulars of the factory to the
Chief Inspector within 30 days of such resumption of work [Section 7 (3)]. Any change in the
appointment of a manager or the factory is to be intimated within 7 days by the occupier to the
Chief Inspector, [Section 7 (4)]. During the time no manager functions in the factory, the occupier
is deemed as manager for the purpose of the Act. Non-compliance with the provisions of Sections
6 and 7 is an offence for which the occupier can be punished.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:

7. The responsibility for getting the premises approved, when the factory is to be established,
lies on the ...................... .
8. ...................... empowers the State Government to declare different departments’ or branches
of a factory as separate factories, in case a request is made in writing in this regard by the
occupier.
9. No license or renewal of license shall be granted unless the occupier gives at least
...................... days notice in writing to the Chief Inspector of factories before he proposes to
occupy or use any premises as factory.

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