Section 34: Excessive weights

The Factories Act, 1948State Act of Maharashtra · Act 63 of 1948

(1) No person shall be employed in any factory to lift, carry or move any load so heavy as to be likely to cause him injury.

(2) The 2[State] Government may make rules prescribing the maximum weights which may be lifted, carried or moved by adult men, adult women, adolescents and children employed in factories or in any class or description of factories or in carrying on any specified process.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Factories Act, 1948
Section	34
Marginal note	Excessive weights
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
Status	In force as published by the source

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