Factories Act, 1955

Posting of abstract of Act and notices.

120.—(1) There shall be kept posted at the principal entrances of a factory at which employed persons enter—

(a) the prescribed abstract of this Act,

(b) a notice of the name of the certifying doctor for the factory,

(c) every notice and document required by this Act to be posted in the factory,

but, where an inspector directs that all or any of the aforesaid documents shall be posted in particular parts of the factory, either in addition to or in substitution for the said principal entrances, his direction shall be complied with.

(2) All the documents referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be posted in such characters and in such positions as to be conveniently read by the persons employed in the factory and, if a form has been prescribed for any document, it shall be posted in that form.

(3) If any person wilfully pulls down, injures or defaces any abstract, notice, regulations or other document, posted in pursuance of this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.