(1) A certifying surgeon shall, on the application of any young person or his parent or guardian accompanied by a document signed by a manager of a factory that such person will be employed therein if certified to be fit for work in a factory, or on the application of the manager of the factory in which any young person wishes to work, examine such person and ascertain his fitness for work in a factory.
(2) The certifying surgeon, after examination, may grant to such young person, in the prescribed form, or may renew-
(a) a certificate of fitness to work in a factory as a child, if he is satisfied that the young person has completed his fourteenth year, that he has attained the prescribed physical standards and that he is fit for such work;
(b) a certificate of fitness to work in a factory as an adult, if he is satisfied that the young person has completed his fifteenth year, and is fit for full day's work in a factory:
Provided that unless the certifying surgeon has personal knowledge of the place where the young person proposes to work and of the manufacturing 1 Subs. for “Provincial” by the Adaptn. of Laws Orders, 1950.
2 Subs. for “any class or description of factories” by the Adaptn. of Laws Orders, 1950.
3 Cl.(c) ins. by Act 25 of 1954 4 Subs. for “Provincial” by the Adaptn. of Laws Orders, 1950.
Sec. 71 The Factories Act, 1948 41 process in which he will be employed, he shall not grant or renew a certificate under this sub-section until he has examined such place.
(3) A certificate of fitness granted or renewed under sub-section (2)-
(a) shall be valid only for a period of twelve months from the date thereof;
(b) may be made subject to conditions in regard to the nature of the work in which the young person may be employed, or requiring re-examination of the young person before the expiry of the period of twelve months.
(4) A certifying surgeon shall revoke any certificate granted or renewed under sub-section (2) if in his opinion the holder of it is no longer fit to work in the capacity stated therein in a factory.
(5) Where a certifying surgeon refuses to grant or renew a certificate or a certificate of the kind requested or revokes a certificate, he shall, if so requested by any person who could have applied for the certificate, or the renewal thereof, state his reasons in writing for so doing.
(6) Where a certificate under this section, with reference to any young person is granted or renewed subject to such conditions as are referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (3), the young person shall not be required or allowed to work in any factory except in accordance with those conditions.
(7) Any fee payable for a certificate under this section shall be paid by the occupier and shall not be recoverable from the young person, his parents or guardian.