Back to Act List     OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT 1994 (Act 514) PART 1 - PRELIMINARY     Section 1 - Short title and application. Section 2. Prevailing laws. Section 3. Interpretation. Section 4. Objects of the Act. PART II - APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS     Section 5. Appointment of Officers. Section 6. Appointment of independent inspecting body. Section 7. Certificate of authorization. PART III - NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH     Section 8. Establishment of the Council. Section 9. Membership of the Council. Section 10. Second Schedule to apply. Section 11. Powers and functions of the Council. Section 12. Appointment of secretary to the Council. Section 13. Committees. Section 14. Annual report. PART IV - GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS     Section 15. General duties of employers and self-employed persons to their employees. Section 16. Duty to formulate safety and health policy. Section 17. General duties of employers and self-employed persons to persons other than their employees. Section 18. Duties of an occupier of a place of work to persons other than his employees. Section 19. Penalty for an offence under section 15. 16. 17 or 18 PART V - GENERAL DUTIES OF DESIGNERS, MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS     Section 20. General duties of manufacturers, etc. as regards plant for use at work. Section 21. General duties of manufacturers, etc. as regards substances for use at work. Section 22. Explanations to sections 20 and 21. Section 23. Penalty for an offence under section 20 or 21. PART VI - GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES     Section 24. General duties of employees at work. Section 25. Duty not to interfere with or misuse things provided pursuant to certain provisions. Section 26. Duty not to charge employees for things done or provided . Section 27. Discrimination against employee, etc. PART VII - SAFETY AND HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS     Section 28. Medical surveillance. Section 29. Safety and health officer. Section 30. Establishment of safety and health committee at place of work. Section 31. Functions of safety and health committee. PART VIII - NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS, DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE, OCCUPATIONAL POISONING AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES, AND INQUIRY     Section 32. Notification of accidents, dangerous occurrence, occupational poisoning and occupational diseases, and inquiry. Section 33. Director General may direct inquiry to be held. Section 34. Power of occupational safety and health officer at inquiry. PART IX - PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF PLANT OR SUBSTANCE     Section 35. Power to prohibit the use of plant or substance. Section 36. Aggrieved person may appeal. PART X - INDUSTRY CODES OF PRACTICE     Section 37. Approval of industry codes of practice. Section 38. Use of industry codes of practice in proceedings. PART XI - ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATION     Section 39. Powers of entry, inspection, examination, seizure, etc. Section 40. Entry into premises with search warrant and power of seizure. Section 41. Entry into premises without search warrant and power of seizure. Section 42. Power of forceful entry and service on occupier of signed copy of list of things seized from premises. Section 43. Further provisions in relation to inspection. Section 44. Power of investigation. Section 45. Power to examine witnesses. Section 46. Employer, etc., to assist officer. Section 47. Offenses in relation to inspection. Section 48. Improvement notice and prohibition notice. Section 49. Penalty for failure to comply with notice. Section 50. Aggrieved person may appeal. PART XII - LIABILITY FOR OFFENSES     Section 51. General penalty. Section 52. Offenses committed by body corporate. Section 53. Offenses committed by trade union. Section 54. Offenses committed by agent. Section 55. Defence. Section 56. Body corporate or trade union liable to fine. Section 57. Aiding and abetting. Section 58. Safeguards against further personal liability. Section 59. Civil liability not affected by Parts IV, V and VI. Section 60. Onus of proving limits of what is practicable. Section 61. Prosecutions. Section 62. Compounding of offenses. PART XIII - APPEALS     Section 63. Appeal committees. Section 64. Powers of appeal committee. Section 65. Decision of appeal committee. PART XIV - REGULATIONS     Section 66. Regulations. PART XV - MISCELLANEOUS     Section 67. Duty to keep secret. SCHEDULES     FIRST SCHEDULE SECOND SCHEDULE THIRD SCHEDULE	Web hracts.com Home HR Acts HR Documents HR Advise HR In News HR Forum Job Vacancies HR Directory HR Services About Us Change Profile  UserName:    Password:     Sign up Now! Forgot your password?
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