Indian Boilers Act, 1923
7. Registration
(1) The owner of any boiler which is not registered under the
provisions of this Act may apply to the Inspector to have the boiler
registered. Every such application shall be accompanied by prescribed fee.
(2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the
Inspector shall fix a date, within thirty days or such shorter period as may be
prescribed from the (late of the receipt, for the examination of the boiler and
shall give the owner thereof not less than ten days’ notice of the date so
fixed.
(3) On the said date the Inspector shall proceed to measure and
examine the boiler and to determine in the prescribed manner the maximum
pressure, if any, at which such boiler may be used, and shall report the result
of the examination to the Chief Inspector in the prescribed form.
(4) The Chief Inspector, on receipt of the report, may-
(a) register the boiler and assign a register
number thereto either forthwith or after satisfying himself that any structural
alteration., addition or renewal which he may deem necessary has been made in
or to the boiler or any steam-pipe attached thereto, or
(b) refuse to register the boiler:
Provided that where the Chief Inspector refuses to register
a boiler, he shall forthwith communicate his refusal to the owner of the boiler
together with the reasons therefore.
(5) The Chief Inspector shall, on registering the boiler, order
the issue to the owner of a certificate in the prescribed form authorizing the
use of the boiler for a period not exceeding twelve months at a pressure not
exceeding such maximum pressure as he thinks fit and as is in accordance with
the regulations made under this Act:
27 [Provided that a certificate issued under this sub-section
in respect of an economiser 28[or of an unfired boiler which forms
an integral part of a processing plant in which steam is generated solely by
the use of oil, asphalt or bitumen as a heating medium] may authorize its use
for a period not exceeding twenty-four months.]
(6) The Inspector shall forthwith convey to the owner of the
boiler the orders of the Chief Inspector and shall in accordance therewith
issue to the owner any certificate of which the issue has been ordered, and,
where the boiler has been registered, the owner shall within the prescribed
period cause the register number to be permanently marked thereon in the
prescribed manner.