BOILERS ACT 1923

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THE BOILERS ACT, 1923 
(V of 1923) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
2-A. Application of Act to feed-pipes 
2-B. Application of Act to economizers 
3. Limitation of application 
4. Power to limit extent 
5. Appointment of Chief Inspectors and Inspectors 
6. Prohibition of use of unregistered or uncertificated boiler  
7. Registration 
8. Renewal of certificate 
9. Provisional orders 
10. Use of boiler pending grant of certificate 
11. Revocation of certificate or provisional order 
12. Alterations and renewals to boilers 
13. Alterations and renewals to steam-pipes 
14. Duty of owner at examination 
15. Production of certificates, etc 
16. Transfer of certificates, etc 
17. Powers to entry 
18. Report of accidents 
19. Appeals to Chief Inspector 
20. Appeals to appellate authority 
21. Finality of orders 
22. Minor penalties 
23. Penalties for illegal use of boiler 
24. Other penalties 
25. Penalty for tampering with register mark  
26. Limitation and previous sanction for prosecutions 
27. Trial of offences 
27-A. Boilers Board 
28. Power to make regulations 
29. Power to make rules 
30. Penalty for breach of rules 
31. Publication of regulations and rules 
32. Recovery of fees, etc 
33. Applicability to the Government 
34. Exemptions. 
Power to suspend in case of emergency 
35. Repealed 
TEXT 
THE BOILERS ACT, 1923 
(V of 1923) 
[23rd February, 1923] 
An 
Act 
to consolidate and amend the law relating to steam-boilers. 
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to stem -
boilers; 
It is hereby enacted as follows:– 
1. Short title, Extent and Commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the 
*1
Boilers Act, 1923. 
2
[(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.] 
(3) It shall come into force on such 
3
date as the 
4
[Federal Government] may, 
by notification in the 
5
[official Gazette], appoint. 
2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugn ant in the subject or 
context,– 
(a) “accident” means an explosion of a boiler or steam -pipe or any damage to 
a boiler or steam -pipe which is calculated to weaken the  strength thereof 
so as to render it liable to explode; 
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[(aa) “Board” means the * 7
Boilers Board constituted under section 27A;] 
(b) “boiler” means any closed vessel exceeding five gallons in capacity which 
is used expressly for generating steam under pre ssure * * * , 
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and includes 
any mounting or other fitting attached to such vessel, which is wholly or 
partly under pressure when steam is shut off; 
(c) “Chief Inspector” and “Inspector” mean, respectively, a person appointed 
to be a Chief Inspector and an Inspector under this Act; 
                                                 
1The word “Indian” omitted by A.O., 1949 
2Sub-section (2), as amended by A.O., 1949, and the Federal Laws(Revision and Declaration) Act,1951 (26 of 19 51), s.8, has been 
subs. By the central Laws (Statute Reform) ordinance,1960 (21 of 1960), s.3 and 2nd sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955). 
3This Act came into force on the 1st January, 1924, see Gen. R. & O. 
4Subs. By F.A.O, 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government” which was previously amended by A.O, 1937, for “ G.G. in C”. 
5Subs. Ibid, for “Gazette of India”. 
6Clauses (as) ins. by the Indian Boilers (Amdt.) Act, 1937 (11 of 1937). Section3. 
7The word “central” has been omitted by A.O., 1964 Art. 2 and sch. 
8the words “for use outside such vessel” omitted by the Indian Boilers (Amdt.) Act, 1929 (9 of 1929), s.2. 
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[(cc) “economizer” means any part of a fe ed-pipe that is wholly or partl y 
exposed to the action of flue gases for the purpose of recovery of waste 
heat;  
(ccc) “feed-pipe” mean any pipe or connected fitting wholly or partly under 
pressure through which feed water passes directly to a boiler and does not 
form an integral part thereof;] 
2(c) “Chief Inspector”, “Additional Chief Inspector”, “Deputy Chief Inspector” 
and “Inspector” mean, respectively, a person appointed to be a chief 
Inspector, An Additional Chief Inspector, a Deputy Chief Inspector and an 
Inspector under this Act. 
(d) “owner” includes any person using a boiler as agent of  the owner thereof 
and any person using a boiler which he has hired or obtained on loan from 
the owner thereof; 
(e)  “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations or rules made under this 
Act., 
(f) “steam-pipe” means any main pipe exceeding three inches in internal 
diameter through which steam passes directly from a boiler to a prime -
mover or other first  user, and includes any connected fitting of a steam -
pipe; and 
(g) “structural alteration, addition or renewal” shall not be deemed to include 
any renewal or replacement of a petty nature  when the part or fitting used 
for replacement is not inferior in str ength, efficiency or otherwise to the 
replaced part or fitting. 
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2A. Application of Act to feed –pipes.– Every reference in this Act [except where 
the word “steam-pipe” is used in clause (f) of section 2], to a steam -pipe or steam-pipes 
shall be deemed to include also a reference to a feed-pipe or feed-pipes, respectively.] 
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2B. Application of Act to economizers .– Every reference in this Act to a boiler or 
boilers [except in clause (ccc) of section 2 , clause (c ) of section 6, clauses (c ) and (d) 
of section 11, clause (d) of section 29 and section 34] shall be deemed to include also a 
reference to an economizer or economizers, respectively.] 
3. Limitation of application.– (1) Nothing in this Act shall apply in the case of any 
boiler or steam-pipe:– 
(a) in an y steam-ship as defined in section 2  of the 
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the Merchant shipping 
Act, 1923 or in any mechanically propelled vessel as defined in section 2 
                                                 
9Subs. By the Indian Boilers (Amdt.) Act, 1947(34 of 1947), s.2, for clause (cc) which was previously amended by the Indian Bo ilers 
(Amdt.) Act, 
1943 (17of 1943), s.2. 
10S. 2A ins. by the Indian Boilers (Amdt.) Act, 1943 (17 of 1943), s.3. 
11S.2B ins. by the Indian Boilers (Amdt.) Act, 1947 (34of 1947), s.3. 
12See now the Merchant Shipping Act.1923 (21 of 1923),s.2. 
of the Inland Mechanically Propelled Vessels Act, 1917;or 
(b) belonging to or under the control of 
13
[the * 
14
Pakistan Navy]; 
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[or 
(c) Appertaining to a sterilizer or disinfector of a type such as is commonly 
used in hospitals, if the boiler does not exceed twenty gallons in capacity.] 
(2) The 
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[Federal Government] may, by notification in the 
17
[official Gazette], 
declare that th e provisions of this Act shall not apply in the case of boilers or steam -
pipes, or of any specified class of boilers or steam -pipes, belonging to or under the 
control of any railway 1819
 [* * *]. 
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[* * * * * * * * * * * *      *] 
4. Power to limit extent.– The 
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[Provincial Government] may, by notification in the 
[official Gazette], exclude any specified area from the operation of all or any specified 
provisions of this Act. 
5. Appointment of Chief Inspectors and Inspectors .– (1) The 
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[Provincial 
Government] may appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the Province 
for the purposes of this Act, and may define the local limits within which each Inspector 
shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred  and imposed on Inspectors 
by or under this Act. 
(2)(a) The Provincial Government] shall likewise appoint a person to be Chief 
Inspector for the Province, who may, in addition  to the powers and duties conferred or 
imposed on the Chief Inspector by or under this act, exercise any power or perform any 
duty so conferred or imposed on inspectors  
 2(b) The Provincial Government. may also appoint a person to be an Additional 
Chief Inspector or Deputy Chief Inspector for a Specified area and such Additional Chief 
Inspector, or Deputy Chief Inspe ctor shall have all or any of the powers of Chief 
Inspector under this Act as to Government may direct and may, in addition to the 
powers and duties conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act exercise any 
power or perform any duty so conferred or imposed on Inspectors.  
                                                 
13The original words “the Royal Indian Marine Service” have successively been amended by A. O., 1949, to read as above. 
14The word “Royal” has been omitted by A.O., 1961, Art. 2 and Sch.(with effect from the 23rd March, 1956). 
15The word “or” and clause (c) added by the Indian Boilers (Amdt.) Act, 1942(5 of 1942), s. 2. 
16The original words “Governor General in Council” have successively been amended by A.O., 1937, A.O., 1949, and A.O., 1964, 
Art. 2 and 
Sch., to read as above. 
17Subr. By A.O., 1937, for “Gazette of India”. 
18For list of Railways notified under this section, see Gen. R. & O. 
19The words “administered by the Central Government or by any Provincial Government or by any railway comp any as defined in 
clause (5) of section 3 of the Railways Act, 1890” as amended by A.O., 1937 and A. O., 1949, have been omitted by  A. O., 1964, 
Art. 2 and Sch. 
20Second paragraph which was Ins. By A. O., 1937, omitted by A.O., 1949. 
21Subs. By A.O., 1937, for “G.G. in C.” 
22Subs ibid., for “L. G.”. 
(3) Every Chief Inspector and every Inspector shall be deemed to be a public 
servant within the meaning of the Pakistan Penal Code. 
6. Prohibition of use of unregistered or un -certificated boiler .– Save as 
otherwise expressly provided  in this Act, no owner of a boiler shall use the boiler or 
permit it to be used– 
(a) unless it has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act; 
(b) in the case of any boiler which has been transferred from one Province to 
another until the transfer has been reported in the prescribed manner; 
(c) unless a certificate or provisional order authorizing the use of the boiler is 
for the time being in force under this Act; 
(d) at a pressure higher than the maximum pressure recorded in such 
certificate or provisional order; 
(e) where the [Provincial Government] has made rules requiring that boilers 
shall be in charge of persons holding certificates of competency, unless 
the boiler is in charge of a person holding the certificate required by such 
rules: 
Provided that any boiler registered, or any boiler certified or licensed, under any 
Act hereby repealed shall be deemed to ha ve been registered or certified , as the case 
may be, under this Act: 
7. Registration.– (1) The owner of any boiler which is no t registered under the 
provisions of this Act may apply  to the Inspector to have the boiler registered. Every 
such application shall be accompanied by the 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 date 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 b oiler 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 
thereof. 
(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 in accordance with the regulations made under this Act: 
[Provided that a certificate issued under this sub -section in respect of an 
economizer may authorize its use for a period not exceeding twenty four months.] 
(6) The Inspector shall fo rthwith 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 pres cribed period cause the register number to be 
permanently marked thereon in the prescribed manner. 
8. Renewal of Certificate .– (1) A certificate authorizing the use of a boiler shall 
cease to be in force 
(a) on the expiry of the period for which it was granted; or  
(b) when any accident occurs to the boiler; or  
(c) when the boiler is moved, th e boiler not being a vertical  boiler the heating 
surface of which is less than two hundred square feet, or a portable or 
vehicular boiler; or 
(d) when any structural alteration, addition or renewal is made in or to the 
boiler; or 
(e) if the Chief Inspector in any particular case so directs, when any structural 
alteration, addition or renewal is made in or to any steam -pipe attached to 
the boiler; or  
(f) on the communi cation to the owner of the boiler or an order of the Chief 
Inspector or Inspector prohibiting its use on the ground that it or any 
steam-pipe attached thereto is in a dangerous condition. 
(2) Where an order is made under clause (f) of sub -section (1), the grounds 
on which the order is made shall be communicated to the owner with the order. 
(3) When a certificate ceases to be in force, the owner of the boiler may apply 
to the Inspector for a renewal thereof for such period not exceeding twelve months as 
he may specify in the application: 
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[Provided that where the certificate relates to an economizer, the application for 
its renewal may be for a period not exceeding twenty four months.] 
(4) An application under sub -section (3) shall be accompanied by the 
prescribed fee and on receipt thereof, the Inspector shall fix a date, within thirty days or 
such shorter period as may be prescribed from the date 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: 
                                                 
23[Provided that a renewed certificate issued under this sub -section in respect of an economizer may authorize its use for a period 
not exceeding twenty four months:] 
Provided that, where the certificate has ceased to be in force owing to the 
making of any structural alteration, addition or renewal, the Chief Inspector may 
dispense with the payment of any fee. 
[Provided further that in case of an economizer, the owner shall be given not less 
than thirty days notice of the date fixed for its examination.] 
(5)  On the said date the Inspector shall examine the boiler in the prescribed 
manner, and if he is satisfied that the boiler and the steam-pipe or steam-pipes attached 
thereto are in good condition shall issue a renewed certificate authorizing the use of the 
boiler for such period not exceeding twelve months and at a pressure not exceeding 
such maximum pressure as he thinks fit and as is in accordan ce with the regulations 
made under this Act 
Provided [further] that if the Inspector.– 
(a) Proposes to issue any certificate.– 
(i) Having validity for a less period than the period entered in the 
application, or 
(ii) Increasing or reducing the maximum pr essure at which the boiler 
may be used, or  
(b) proposes to order any structural alteration, addition or renewal to be made 
in or to the boiler or any steam-pipe attached thereto, or 
(c) is of opinion that the boiler is not fit for use, the Inspector shall, within 
forty-eight hours of making the examination, inform the owner of the boiler 
in writing of his opinion and the reasons thereof, and shall forthwith report 
the case for orders to the Chief Inspector. 
(6) The Chief Inspector, on receipt of  a report und er sub -section (5) , may, 
subject to the provisions of this Act and of the regulations made hereunder, order the 
renewal of the certificate in such terms and on such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit, or 
may refuse to renew it: 
Provided that where the Ch ief Inspector refuses to renew a certificate, he shall 
forthwith communicate his refusal to the owner of the boiler, together with the reasons 
therefore. 
(7) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent an owner of a boiler 
from applying for a renewe d certificate therefore at any time during the currency of a 
certificate. 
9. Provisional Orders.– Where the Inspector reports the case of any boiler to the 
Chief Inspector under sub -section (3) of section 7 or sub section (5) of section 8, he 
may, if the boiler is not a boiler the use of which has been prohibited under clause (f) of 
sub-section (1) of section 8, grant to the owner thereof a provisional order in writing 
permitting the boiler to be used at a pressure not exceeding such maximum pressure as 
he thinks fit and as in accordance with the regulations made under this Act pending the 
receipt of the orders of the Chief Inspector. Such provisional order shall cease to be i n 
force.– 
(a) on the expiry of six months from the date on which it is granted, or 
(b) on receipt of the orders of the Chief Inspector, or 
(c) in any of the cases referred to in clauses(b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of sub -
section f(1) of section 8, and on so ceasing to be in force shall be 
surrendered to the Inspector. 
10. Use of boilers pe nding grant of  certificate.– (1) Notwithstanding anything 
hereinbefore contained, when the period of a certificate relating to a boiler has expired, 
the owner shall, provided that he has applied before the expiry of that period for a 
renewal of the certificate, be entitled to use the boiler at the maximum pressure entered 
in the former certificate pending the issue of orders on the application. 
(2)  Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to authorize the use of a boiler 
in any of the cases referred to i n clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of sub -section f(1) of 
section 8 occurring after the expiry of the period of the certificate. 
11. Revocation of certificate or provisional order .– The Chief Inspector may at 
any time withdraw or revoke any certificate o r provisional order on the report of an 
Inspector or otherwise– 
(a) if there is reason to believe that the certificate or provisional order has 
been fraudulently obtained or has been granted erroneously or without 
sufficient examination; or 
(b) if the boiler in respect of which it has been granted has sustained injury or 
has ceased to be in good condition; or 
(c) where the [Provincial Government] has made rules requiring that boilers 
shall be in charge of persons holding certificates of competency, if the 
boiler is in charge of a person not holding the certificate required by such 
rules; or 
(d) where no such rules have been made, if the boiler is in charge of a person 
who is not, having regard to the condition of the boiler, in the opinion of 
the Chief Inspector competent to have charge thereof: 
Provided that where the Chief Inspector withdraws or revokes a certificate or 
provisional order on the ground specified in clause (d), he shall communicate to the 
owner of the boiler his reasons in writing for the wit hdrawal or revocation, and the order 
shall not take effect until the expiry of thirty days from the receipt of such 
communication. 
12. Alterations and renewal to boilers .– No structural alteration, addition or 
renewal shall be made in or to any boiler regi stered under this Act unless such 
alteration, addition or renewal, has been sanctioned in writing by the Chief Inspector. 
13. Alterations and renewal to Steam -pipes.– Before the owner of any boiler 
registered under this Act makes any structural alteration, addition or renewal in or to any 
steam-pipe attached to the boiler, he shall transmit to the Chief Inspector a report in 
writing of his  intention, and shall send therewith such particulars of the proposed 
alteration, addition or renewal as may be prescribed. 
14. Duty of owner at examination .– (1) On any date fixed under this Act for the 
examination of a boiler, the owner thereof shall be bound– 
(a) to afford to the Inspector all reasonable facilities for the examination and 
all such information as may reasonably be required of him; 
(b) to have the boiler properly prepared and ready for examination in the 
prescribed manner; and 
(c)  in the case of an application for the registration of a boiler, to provide 
such drawings, specification, certificates and other  particulars as may be 
prescribed. 
(2) If the owner fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with the provisions 
of sub-section (1), the Inspector shall refuse to make the examination and shall report 
the case to the Chief Inspector who shall, unless suf ficient cause to the contrary is 
shown, require the owner to file a fresh application under section 7 or section8, as the 
case may be, and may forbid him to use the boiler notwithstanding anything contained 
in section10. 
15. Production of certificates, etc.– The owner of any boiler who holds a certificate 
or provisional order relating thereto shall, at all reasonable times during the period for 
which the certificate or order is in  force, be bound to produce the same when called 
upon to do so by a District M agistrate, or Magistrate of the first class having jurisdiction 
in the area in which the boiler is for the time being or by the Chief Inspector or by an 
Inspector or by any Inspector appointed under the Factories Act, 1934, or by any person 
specially authorized in writing by a District Magistrate  
16. Transfer of certificates, etc .– If any person becomes the owner of a boiler 
during the period for which a certificate or provisional order relating thereto is in force, 
the preceding owner shall be bound to ma ke over to him the certificate or provisional 
order. 
17. Power of entry.– An Inspector may, for the purpose of inspecting or examining a 
boiler or any steam-pipe attached thereto or of seeing that any provision of this Act or of 
any regulation or rule made  hereunder has been or is being observed at all reasonable 
times enter any place or building within the limits of the area for which he has been 
appointed in which he has reason to believe that a boiler is in use. 
18. Report of accidents .– (1) If any accid ent occurs to a boiler or steam -pipe, the 
owner or person in charge thereof shall, within twenty four hours of the accident, report 
the same in writing to the Inspector. Every such report shall contain a true description of 
the nature of the accident and of the injury , if any, caused thereby to the boiler or to the 
steam-pipe or to any person, and shall be in sufficient detail to enable the Inspector to 
judge of the gravity of the accident. 
(2) Every person shall be bound to answer truly to the best of his  knowledge 
and ability every question put to him in writing by the Inspector as to the cause, nature 
or extent of the accident. 
19. Appeals to Chief Inspector.– Any person considering himself aggrieved by  
(a) an order made or purporting to be made by an I nspector in the exercise of 
any power conferred by or under this Act, or 
(b) a refusal of an Inspector to make any order or to issue any certificate 
which he is required or enabled by or under this Act to make or issue, 
may, within thirty days from the dat e on which such order  or refusal is 
communicated to him, appeal against the order or refusal to the Chief Inspector. 
20. Appeals to appellate authority .– Any person considering himself aggrieved by 
an original or appellate order of the Chief Inspector– 
(a) refusing to register a boiler or to grant or renew certificate in respect of a 
boiler; or  
(b) refusing to grant a certificate having validity for the full period applied for; 
or 
(c) refusing to grant a certificate authorizing the use of a boiler at the 
maximum pressure desired; or 
(d) withdrawing or revoking a certificate or provisional order; or  
(e) reducing the amount of pressure specified in any certificate or the period 
for which such certificate has been granted; or 
(f) ordering any structural alteration, addition or renewal to be made in or to a 
boiler or steam -pipe , or refusing sanction to the making of any structural 
alteration, addition or renewal in or to a boiler. 
may, within thirty days of the communication to him of such order, lodge with the 
Chief Inspector an appeal to an appellate authority to be constituted by the [Provincial 
Government] under this Act. 
21. Finality of orders .– An order of an appellate authority under section 20 and, 
save as otherwise provided in sections 19 and 20, and order of the Chief Inspector or of 
an Inspector shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court. 
22. Minor Penalties .– Any owner of a boiler who refuses or without reasonable 
excuse neglects– 
(i) to surrender a provisional order as required by section 9, or 
(ii) to produce a certificate or provisional order when duly called upon to do so 
under section 15, or  
(iii) to make over to the new owner of a boiler a certificate or provisional order 
as required by section 16, 
shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees. 
23. Penalties for illegal use of boiler .– Any owner of a boiler who, in any  case in 
which a certificate or provisional order is required for the use of the boiler under this Act, 
uses the boiler either without any such certificate or orde r being in force or at a higher 
pressure than that allowed thereby, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 
five hundred rupees,  and, in the case of a continuing offence, with an additional fine 
which may extend to  one hundred rupees for each day  after the first day in regard to 
which he is convicted of having persisted in the offence. 
24. Other Penalties.– Any person who– 
(a) Uses or permits to be used a boiler of which he is the owner and which 
has been transferred from one province to another w ithout such transfer 
having been reported as required by section 6, or 
(b) Being the owner of a boiler fails to cause the registered number allotted to 
the boiler under this Act to be marked on the boiler as required by sub -
section (6) of section 7, or 
(c) Makes any structural alteration, addition or renewal in or to a boiler without 
first obtaining the sanction of the Chief Inspector when so required by 
section 12, or to a steam -pipe without first informing the chief Inspector, 
when so required by section 13, or  
(d) Fails to report an accident to a boiler or steam -pipe when so required by 
section 18,or  
(e) Tampers with a safety value of a boiler so as to render it inoperative at the 
maximum pressure at which the use of the boiler is authorized under this 
Act, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred 
rupees. 
25. Penalty for tampering with register mark .– (1) Whoever removes, alters, 
defaces, renders invisible or otherwise tampers with the register number marked on a 
boiler in accordance with the provisions of this Act or any Act repealed hereby, shall be 
punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. 
(2) Whoever fraudulently marks upon a boiler a register number which has 
not been allotted to it under this Act or any Act repealed hereby, shall  be punishable 
with imprisonment which may extend to two years or with fine, or with both. 
26. Limitation and previous sanction for prosecutions .– No prosecution for an 
offence made punishable by or under this Act shall be instituted  except within six 
months from the date of the commission of the offence and no such prosecution shall 
be instituted without the previous sanction of the Chief Inspector. 
27. Trial of offences .– No offence made punishable by or under this Act shall be 
tried by a court inferior to that of * * * a Magistrate of the first class. 
27A. Boilers Board.– (1) A Board to be called the [Boilers Board] shall be constituted 
to exercise the powers conferred by section 28. 
[(2) The Board shall consist of [four] members, namely:– 
(a) A chairman to be nominated by the Federal Government; 
[(b)  one member to be nominated by each of the Provincial Governments; 
(c) one member to be nominated by the Pakistan Railways;] 
(d) such other members as the Federal Government may, by notifica tion in 
the official gazette nominate. 
(3) Any vacancy occurring in the Board,  * * * shall be filled as soon as may be 
by a nomination made by the authority by whom the member vacating office was 
nominated. 
(4) The Board shall have full power to regulate by  bye-laws or otherwise its 
own procedure and the conduct of all business or to be transacted by the Board. 
(5) The powers of the Board may be exercised notwithstanding any vacancy 
in the Board.] 
28. Power to make regulations.– (1) The [Board] may, by notif ication in the [official 
Gazette], make regulations  consistent with this Act for all or any of the following 
purposes, namely:– 
(a) for laying down the standard conditions in respect of material, design and 
construction which shall be required for the purp ose of enabling the 
registration and certification of a boiler under this Act; 
[(aa) for prescribing the circumstances in which, the extent to which, and the 
conditions subject to which variation from the standard conditions  laid 
down under clause (a) may be permitted. 
(b) for prescribing the method of determining the maximum pressure at which 
a boiler may be used; 
(c) for regulating the registration of boilers, prescribing the fees payable 
therefore, the drawing s, specifications, classification and particu lars to be 
produced by the owner, the method  of preparing a boiler for examination, 
the form of the Inspector’s report thereon, the method of marking the 
register number, and the period within which such number is to be marked 
on the boiler; 
(d) for regulating the inspection and examination of boilers and steam -pipes, 
and prescribing forms of certificates thereof, 
(e) for ensuring the safety of persons working inside a boiler; and 
(f) for providing for any other matter which is not,  in the opinion of the Bo ard, 
a matter of merely local or provincial importance. 
29. Power to make rules .– The [Provincial Government] may, by notification in the 
[official Gazette], make rules consistent with this Act and the regulations made there 
under for all or any of the following purposes, namely:– 
(a) for prescribing the qualifications and duties of the Chief Inspector and of 
Inspectors, * * * for prescribing or constituting authorities to which they shall 
respectively be subordinate,  and the limits of the administrative co ntrol to 
be exercised by such authorities; 
(aa) for prescribing the qualifications and duties of the Chief Inspector , 
Additional Chief Inspectors, Deputy Chief Inspectors and of Inspectors for 
prescribing or constituting authorities to which they shall re spectively be 
subordinate, and the limits of the administrative control to be exercised by 
such authorities 
(b) for regulating the transfer of boilers; 
(c) for providing the registration and certification of boilers in accordance with 
the regulations made under this Act; 
(d) for requiring boilers to be in charge of persons holding certificates of 
competency, and for prescribing the conditions on which such certificates 
may be granted; 
(e) for prescribing the times within which Inspectors shall be required to 
examine boilers under section 7 or section 8; 
(f) for prescribing the fees payable for the issue of renewed certificates and 
the method of determining the amount of such fees in each case; 
(g) for regulating inquiries into accidents; 
(h) for constituting the appellate autho rity referred to in section 20, and for 
determining its power and procedure; 
(i) for determining the mode of disposal of fees, costs and penalties levied 
under this Act; and 
(j) generally to provide for any matter which is , in the opinion of the 
[Provincial Gover nment], a matter of merely local importance in the 
Province. 
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30. Penalty for breach of rules .– Any regulation or rule made under section 28 or 
section 29 may provide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable with fin e which 
may extend to one hundred rupees. 
31. Publication of regulations and rules .– (1) The power to make regulations and 
rules conferred by sections 28 and 29 shall be subject to the condition of the 
Regulations and rules being made after previous publication. 
(2) Regulations and rules so made shall be published in the [official Gazette] 
and, on such publication, shall have effect as if enacted in this Act. 
32. Recovery of fees, etc .– All fees, costs and penalties levied under this Act shall 
be recoverable as arrears of land-revenue 
33. Applicability to the Government .– Save as otherwise expressly provided, this 
Act shall apply to boilers and steam-pipes belonging in the [Government] 
34. Exemptions.– [(1) The [Provincial Government] may, be notification in  the 
[official Gazette], exempt from the operation of this Act, subject to such conditions and 
restrictions as it thinks fit, any boilers or classes or types of boilers used exclusively for 
the heating of buildings or the supply of hot water.] 
Power to suspend in case of emergency. 
[(2) In case of any emergency, the [Provincial Government] may, by general or 
special order in writing, exempt any boiler or steam -pipe from the operation of all or any 
of the provisions of this Act.  
35. [Repeal of enactments] .– Rep. by Repealing Act, 1927 (XII of 1927), s, 2 and 
Schedule.