Factories Act, 1948
41E. Emergency standards
(1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that no standards
of safety have been prescribed in respect of a hazardous process or class of
hazardous processes, or where the standards so prescribed are inadequate, it
may direct the Director-General of Factory Advice Service and Labor Institute
or any institutions specialized in matters relating to standards of safety in
hazardous processes, to lay down emergency standards for enforcement of
suitable standards in respect of such hazardous processes.
(2) The emergency standards laid down under sub-section (1)
shall, until they are incorporated in the rules made under this Act, be
enforceable and have the same effect as if they had been incorporated in the
rules made under this Act.