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Contents PAGE
Table showing sections of the Boilers Act, 1923, and the corresponding sections of the Boilers Act, 2025
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Table showing sections of the Boilers Act, 2025, and the corresponding sections of the Boilers Act, 1923
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Comparative study of Boilers Act, 2025, vis-a-vis Boilers Act, 1923
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BOILERS ACT, 2025 CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, commencement and application
1
2. Definitions
2 CHAPTER II CENTRAL BOILERS BOARD
3. Central Boilers Boards
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4. Technical Adviser
7 CHAPTER III
INSPECTION, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION 5. Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector and Inspector
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6. Competent authority to grant welders certificate
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7. Conditions precedent for manufacture of boiler and boiler components
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8. Inspection during manufacture
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9. Inspection during erection
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10. Conditions precedent for repairing boiler and boiler components
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11. Prohibition of use of unregistered or uncertified boiler
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12. Registration
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13. Renewal of certificate
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14. Provisional order
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15. Use of boiler pending grant of certificate
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16. Revocation of certificate or provisional order
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17. Alteration and renewal of boiler
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18. Alteration and renewal of steam-pipe or boiler components
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19. Duty of owner at examination
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20. Production of certificate and provisional order
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21. Transfer of certificate and provisional order
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22. Powers of entry of Inspector
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23. Report of accident
22 CHAPTER IV APPEAL
24. Appeal to Chief Inspector
23
25. Appeal to Central Government
23
26. Application for revision of order
24
CHAPTER V OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 27. Minor penalties
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28. Penalties for illegal use of boiler
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29. Punishment for certain offences
26
30. Penalty for tampering with register mark
27
31. Penalty for breach of rules or regulations
27
32. Recovery of penalties
28
33. Limitation and previous sanction for prosecution
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34. Trial of offences
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35. Adjudication of penalties
29
36. Appeal against orders of adjudicating officer
29
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CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS 37. Power of Central Government to give directions
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38. Exemptions
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39 Power of Central Government to make rules
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40. Power of Board to make regulations
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41. Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament
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42. Power of State Government to make rules
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43. Finality of orders
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44. Power to remove difficulties
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45. Repeal and savings
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SUBJECT INDEX
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BOILER ACCIDENT INQUIRY RULES, 2025 1. Short title and commencement
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2. Definitions
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3. Inquiry of accidents
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4. Accidents resulting in any death
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5. Inquiry of accidents resulting in any death
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6. Constitution of inquiry committee
44
7. Procedure during inquiry
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8. Use of Boiler after accident resulting in any death
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FORM A
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BOILER OPERATION ENGINEERS’ RULES, 2025 CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement
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2. Definitions
46 CHAPTER II GENERAL
3. Supervision of operation of boiler
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4. Proficient Person shall possess certificate and extent of qualification
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5. Production of Certificate
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6. Owner to furnish Chief Inspector or Director of Boilers with particulars of Certificates
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7. Limits of daily period of attendance, reliefs, and sphere of action
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8. When Boiler shall be deemed to be in use
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CHAPTER III COMMITTEE OF EXAMINERS 9. Constitution of the Committee of Examiners
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10. Term of Office of the members
49
11. Functions of the Committee
49
12. Meeting of the Committee
49
13. Notice of meeting and list of business
49
14. Quorum
50
15. Chairperson to preside at meetings of the Committee
50
16. Functions of Secretary to the Committee
50
17. Committee’s endorsement on application
50
18. Committee’s power to refuse issue of Certificate
50
19. Examiner’s Fees
50
20. Actions of the Committee
51
CHAPTER IV EXAMINATION 21. Examination
51
22. Postponement of examination
51
CHAPTER V CERTIFICATE 23. Capabilities of holders of Certificate
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24. Validity of Certificates
51 CHAPTER VI
APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION 25. Form of application
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26. Candidate to produce satisfactory testimonials
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27. Doubtful testimonials
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28. False testimonials
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29. Keeping of applications and copies of testimonials
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CHAPTER VII ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 30. Age, qualifications and experience
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CHAPTER VIII SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION 31. Syllabus for examination
54 CHAPTER IX
MODE OF EXAMINATION 32. Nature of examination
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33. Subjects for Examination
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34. Assessment of work
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35. Fees for Examination
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36. Refund of Fee
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37. Fee for candidate found ineligible
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CHAPTER X GRANT OF CERTIFICATES 38. Grant of certificate of proficiency
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39. Form of certificate
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40. Identification requirement
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41. Grant of duplicate certificate
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42. Application for duplicate certificate
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43. Invalidity of original certificate
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44. Record of duplicate certificate
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CHAPTER XI ENQUIRY 45. Enquiry regarding certificate holders
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46. Surrender of certificate
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47. Decision of the Committee
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FORM A: A pplication for certificate of proficiency as Boiler Operation Engineer
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FORM B: C ertificate of proficiency as a Boiler Operation Engineer under the Boiler Operation Engineers’ Rules, 2025
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BOILER ATTENDANTS’ RULES, 2025 CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement
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2. Definitions
61 CHAPTER II GENERAL
3. Person holding Boiler Attendant’s Certificate to be in charge of Boilers
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4. Person shall possess certificate and extent of qualification
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5. Production of Certificate
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6. Owner to furnish Chief Inspector or Director of Boilers with particulars of Certificates
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7. Limits of daily period of attendance, reliefs, and sphere of action
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8. When boiler shall be deemed to be in use
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CHAPTER III COMMITTEE OF EXAMINERS 9. Constitution of the Committee of Examiners
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10. Term of office of the members
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11. Functions of the Committee
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12. Meeting of the Committee
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13. Notice of meeting and list of business
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14. Quorum
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15. Chairperson to preside at meetings of the Committee
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16. Functions of Secretary of the Committee
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17. Committee’s endorsement on application
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18. Committee power to refuse issue of Certificate
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19. Examiner’s Fees
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20. Actions of the Committee
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CHAPTER IV EXAMINATION 21. Examination
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22. Postponement of examination
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CHAPTER V CERTIFICATE 23. Classes of certificates and capabilities of holders of Certificates
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24. Endorsement on a Certificate
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25. Fee
66 CHAPTER VI APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION
26. Form of application
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27. Candidate to produce satisfactory testimonials
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28. Doubtful testimonials
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29. False testimonials
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30. Keeping of applications and copies of testimonials
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CHAPTER VII ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 31. Age, qualifications and experience for Second Class Boiler Attendant candidates
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32. Age, qualifications and experience requirement for First Class Boiler Attendant candidates
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CHAPTER VIII SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION 33. Syllabus for Second Class Boiler Attendant
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34. Syllabus for First Class Boiler Attendant
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CHAPTER IX MODE OF EXAMINATION 35. Nature of Examination
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36. Subjects for Examinations
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37. Fee for Examination
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38. Refund of Fee
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39. Fee of candidate found ineligible
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CHAPTER X GRANT OF CERTIFICATES 40. Grant of certificate of competency
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41. Form of certificate
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42. Validity of Certificates
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43. Identification requirement
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44. Grant of duplicate certificate
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45. Application for duplicate certificate
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46. Invalidity of original certificate
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47. Record of duplicate certificate
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CHAPTER XI ENQUIRY 48. Enquiry regarding certificate holders
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49. Surrender of certificate
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50. Decision of the Committee
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FORM A: Application for certificate of competency as Boiler Attendant
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FORM B: First Class Boiler Attendant Certificate of Competency
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FORM C: Second Class Boiler Attendant Certificate of Competency
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Boilers Act, 2025 [12 OF 2025]1 An Act to provide for the regulation of boilers, safety of life and property of persons from the danger of explosions of steam-boilers and for uniformity in registration and inspection during manufacture, erection and use of boilers in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of lndia as follows:— CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, commencement and application. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Boilers Act, 2025. (2) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. (3) Save as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act shall apply to all boilers and boiler components including boilers and boiler components belonging to the Central Government and the State Governments. (4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to— (a) locomotive boilers belonging to or under the control of the railways; (b) any boiler or boiler components,— (i) in any vessel propelled wholly or in part by the agency of steam; (ii) belonging to or under the control of the Army, Navy or Air Force; or (iii) appertaining to a sterilizer or disinfector used in hospitals or nursing homes, if the boiler does not exceed one hundred litres in capacity. 1. Dated 4-4-2025 2. NOTIFICATION NO. S.O. 1943 (E), DATED 30-4-2025: In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of Boilers Act, 2025 (12 of 2025), the Central Government hereby appoints the 1st May, 2025 as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force.
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COMMENTS SECTION NOTES
1.1 The Act applies to boilers & boiler components belonging to the Central Government and the State Governments u
The provisions of this Act apply to boilers and boiler components belonging to the Central Government and the State Governments unless expressly exempted. [Sub-section (3)]
1.2 Boilers/boiler components to which the provisions of this Act are not applicable Nothing in this Act shall apply to: u
locomotive boilers belonging to or under the control of the railways [clause (a) of subsection (4)]
u
any boiler or boiler components in any vessel propelled wholly or in part by the agency of steam; [sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of sub-section (4)]
u
any boiler or boiler components belonging to or under the control of the Army, Navy or Air Force; [sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (4)]
u
any boiler or boiler components appertaining to a sterilizer or disinfector used in hospitals or nursing homes, if the boiler does not exceed one hundred litres in capacity [sub-clause (iii) of clause (b) of sub-section(4)]
1.3 Power of the State Government to exempt boilers/boiler components from the provisions of this Act u
See sub-sections (2) to (4) of Section 38.
1.4 Power of the State Government to exempt boilers/boiler components from the provisions of this Act u
See sub-section (1) of Section 38.
Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “accident” means an explosion of boiler or boiler components, which is calculated to weaken the strength or an uncontrolled release of water or steam therefrom, liable to cause death or injury to any person or damage to any property; (b) “Board” means the Central Boilers Board constituted under section 3; (c) “boiler” means a pressure vessel in which steam is generated for use external to itself by application of heat which is wholly or partly under pressure when steam is shut off but does not include a pressure vessel,— (i) with capacity less than twenty-five litres, such capacity being measured from the feed check valve to the main steam stop valve; or (ii) with less than one kilogram per centimetre square design gauge pressure and working gauge pressure; or (iii) in which water is heated below one hundred degrees centigrade; (d) “boiler components” means steam piping, feed piping, economiser, superheater, any mounting or other fitting and any other external or internal
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part of a boiler which is subject to pressure exceeding one kilogram per centimetre square gauge. Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, the term “superheater” means any equipment which is partly or wholly exposed to flue gases for the purpose of raising the temperature of steam beyond the saturation temperature at that pressure and includes a re-heater; (e) “Chief Inspector”, “Deputy Chief Inspector” and “Inspector”, mean, respectively, a person appointed to be a Chief Inspector, a Deputy Chief Inspector and an Inspector under section 5; (f) “competent authority” means an institution referred to in sub-section (1) of section 6; (g) “competent person” means an inspector or a person recognised in such manner as may be specified by regulations, for inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture, erection and use; (h) “economiser” means any part of a feed-pipe that is wholly or partially exposed to the action of flue gases for the purpose of recovery of waste heat; (i) “feed-pipe” means any pipe or connected fitting wholly or partly under pressure through which feed water passes directly to a boiler and which does not form an integral part thereof; (j) “inspecting authority” means a chief inspector or an institution recognised in such manner as may be specified by regulations, for the inspection and certification of boilers and boiler components during manufacture and erection; (k) “manufacture” means manufacture, construction and fabrication of boiler or boiler components, or both; (l) “manufacturer” means a person engaged in the manufacture of boiler or boiler components, or both; (m) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (n) “owner” includes any person possessing or 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; (o) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (p) “regulations” means regulations made by the Board under section 40; (q) “State Government’’ shall include Union territory administration; (r) “steam-pipe” means any pipe through which steam passes, if— (i) the pressure at which steam passes through such pipe exceeds three and half kilogram per square centimeters above atmospheric pressure; or
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(ii) such pipe exceeds two hundred fifty-four millimeters in internal diameter and the pressure of steam exceeds one kilogram per square centimeters above the atmospheric pressure, and includes in either case, any connected fitting of a steam-pipe and feed-pipe; (s) “structural alteration, addition or renewal” means,— (i) any change in the design of a boiler or boiler components; (ii) replacement of any part of boiler or boiler components by a part which does not conform to the same specification; or (iii) any addition to any part of a boiler or boiler components; (t) “Technical Adviser” means the Technical Adviser appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4. COMMENTS SECTION NOTES
2.1 Boiler [Section 2(c)] u
“Boiler” means a pressure vessel in which steam is generated for use external to itself by application of heat, which is wholly or partly under pressure when steam is shut off.
u
Further, such pressure vessel must meet the following specifications: n
Capacity of 25 litres or more measured from the feed check valve to the main steam stop valve.
n
One kilogram per centimetre or more square design gauge pressure and working gauge pressure.
n
Water in it is heated to 100 degrees centigrade or more.
Change in definition of “boiler”-Reference to “boiler”/“boilers” shall not include reference to “economiser”/“economisers” u
There is no change in the definition of “boiler” in clause (c) vis-à-vis the definition in Section (b) of section 2 of the 1923 Act.
u
The Act omits section 2B of the 1923 Act, which provided that reference to “boiler”/ “boilers” shall include reference to “economiser”/“economisers”.
u
Thus, reference in this Act to “boiler”/“boilers” shall not include a reference to “economiser”/“economisers”.
u
Under this Act, “economiser”/“economisers” shall be treated as “boiler components” and not as “boilers”
2.2 Boiler components [Section 2(d)] u
“Boiler components” means steam piping, feed piping, economiser, superheater, any mounting or other fitting and any other external or internal part of a boiler which is subject to pressure exceeding one kilogram per centimetre square gauge.
u
The term “superheater” means any equipment which is partly or wholly exposed to flue gases for the purpose of raising the temperature of steam beyond the saturation temperature at that pressure, and includes a re-heater.
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DESCRIPTION Boilers Act 2025 with Rules [Bare Act with Section Notes] by Taxmann is a compact, updated statutory compilation covering the Act, along with relevant Rules and Regulations governing the design, manufacture, erection, operation, repair, inspection, certification, and safety of boilers and boiler components in India. The 2026 Edition also captures the transition from the Boilers Act 1923, supported by comparative tables and contextual notes. This Edition incorporates: � Boiler Accident Inquiry Rules 2025 � Boiler Operation Engineers' Rules 2025 � Boiler Attendants' Rules 2025 � Comparative tables mapping the Boilers Act 1923 ↔ Boilers Act 2025 � Section-wise Notes offering clarifications, interpretations, and cross-references It serves as a practical statutory reference for compliance, licensing, inspections, repair permissions, and safety management across industrial establishments. This book is intended for the following audience: � Legal Professionals & Litigation Counsel � Boiler Manufacturers, Fabricators & Repairers � Industrial Establishments & Safety Officers � Government Authorities & Inspecting Agencies � Boiler Operation Engineers & Attendants � Academicians, Researchers & Policy Professionals The Present Publication is the 2026 Edition, covering the amended and updated text of the Boilers Act [Act No. 12 of 2025] and Rules, with the following noteworthy features: • [Complete Text of the Boilers Act 2025] with accurate formatting, commencement details, and legislative amendments • [Section-wise Notes] explaining applicability, procedures, definitions, owner obligations, certification and renewal, penalties, and exemptions • [Allied Rules], including: o Boiler Accident Inquiry Rules 2025 o Boiler Operation Engineers' Rules 2025 o Boiler Attendants' Rules 202 o Each rule set includes structure, duties, eligibility, syllabus, fees, and procedural requirements • [Comparative & Corresponding Section Mapping] between the 1923 and 2025 Acts • [Detailed Subject Index] covering definitions, offences, licensing, appeals, inspections, exemptions, and rule-making powers • [Compliance & Safety Orientation] Highlights statutory deadlines, mandatory reporting (accidents, inspections, repairs), operational limits, and safety prerequisites for boiler usage
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