FACTORY LICENSE

The experience of working of the Factories Act, 1934 had revealed a number of defects and weakness which have hampered effective administration of the Act, and the need for wholesale revision of the act to extend its protective provisions to the large number of smaller industrial establishments was felt.

Therefore, the Factories Act, 1948 consolidating and amending the law relating to labour in factories, was passed by the Constituent Assembly on August 28, 1948. The Act received the assent of Governor General of India on 23 September 1948 and came into force on April 1, 1949.

The state government may make rules for the submission of plans or description of factories. The organization requires previous permission from the state government or Chief inspector for the construction or extension of any factory. But the addition or replacement of existing machinery does not come into extension if does not reduce the safe working space and is also not hazardous to the safety and health of the employees.