Factories Act, 1948
25. Self-acting machines
No traversing part of a self-acting machine in any factory and
no material carried thereon shall, if the space over which it runs is a space
over which any person is liable to pass, whether in the course of his
employment or otherwise, be allowed to run on its outward or inward traverse
within a distance of 46[forty-five centimeters] from any fixed
structure which is not part of the machine:
PROVIDED that the Chief Inspector may permit the
continued use of a machine installed before the commencement of this Act which
does not comply with the requirements of this section on such conditions for
ensuring safety as he may think fit to impose.