No. 5. Factories. 1955.

Safety .. (1) For the purpose of securing the safety of persons
 employed in or performing any duty in a factory the following
 provisions shall apply to every factory :-
 a iere shall so far as is reasonably practicable be provided
 and maintained safe means of access to every place at
 which any person has at any time to work;
 i.lb adequate measures shall be taken for the prevention of fire
 !,1 every factory and the provision of adequate means of
 c-scape in case of fire for the persons employed therein;
 c wi'_,ie in any factory, explosive nr dm;'mmabie dust, gas,
 v 'epCr or substance is pres.nft, precautions shall be taken
 in cider Lo reduce the risk of fire or explogon to a
 n'ninimum,
 id all machinery used and every part thereof which Is in use
 in any factory shall be made safe to all persons employed
 or working in the factory. For this purpose the word
 "machinery" shall be deemed to include-
 (i) every machine and every part thereof;
 (ii) prime movers and every part thereof; and
 (iii) transmission machinery including every shaft, wheel,
 drum, pulley, system of fast and loose pulleys, driving-
 belt or chain, couplings, clutch or. other device by
 which the mo-ion of a prime mover is transmitted to
 or received by any machinery or appliance;
 i.e; every steam boiler, steam container, steam receiver, air
 receiver, gas holder or other pressure vessel used in any
 factory shall be operated and maintained in such a manner
 :i to be safe 6o persons employed or working in the factory;
 f *:.i chains, ropes and lilting tackle, cranes and other
 lilting machines, hoists and lifts used in any factory shall
 St operated and maintained in such a manner as to be
 sa:e -c persons employed in the factory;
 (g, all floors, steps, stairs, passages and gangways shall be of
 iound construction and properly maintained and every
 part of the ways, works, machinery or plant used in the
 factory shall be in such a condition or so constructed, or so
 placed that ic can be used without risk of bodily injury..
 (2) The Governor in Council may make Regulations prescrib-
 :3 L'Ie s arards to be achieved in respect to any of the above
 :.li:s.alri> ;ind 1h-, methods of attaining them.
 (3; i. on complaint by :he inspector a magistrate is satisfied
 cia1t any pal't of1 ih ways, works machinery or plant used in a
 facLory is dan,,erous or cannot be used without danger, or that any
 i):'cess oi work am a factory is carried on in such a manner as to
 'i, dangerous the magistrate may by order prohibit the use of the
 factory or part thereof or oi the machinery or plant either
 absolutely or until the danger is remedied.
 (4) Where it appears to the Governor in Council that, in view
 of the number and nature of accidents occurring in any factory