The Labour Department of Punjab on November 27, 2020 has issued the Punjab Factory (Amendment) Rules, 2020 to further amend the Punjab Factory Rules, 1952.
The following amendments have been made:
• Rule 2A (6), which specifies the list of the technical institutions in Punjab, has been inserted, namely:
“Following leading technical Institutions in the State of Punjab and Chandigarh having Civil or Structural Engineering courses shall be the competent person for the purpose of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Act, namely:
1. Punjab Engineering College (deemed to be University), Sector-12, Chandigarh.
2. Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Sector-26, Chandigarh.
3. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala.
4. Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana.
5. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar.
6. Giani Zail Singh Campus College of Engineering and Technology, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda.
7. Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar.
8. Punjabi University, Patiala.
9. Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus, Ferozepur.
10. any other institute, as may be notified by the State Government.
• Rule 10A, which specifies the automatic renewal of the license, has been inserted, namely:
“A license shall be renewed for one year digitally through automatic mode if there is no change in particulars of license from the previous granted or renewed license and other conditions required by Government.”
• Rule 114, which specifies the maintenance of the registers in electronic or digital format, has been inserted, namely:
“Occupier or factory Manager shall have an option to maintain the registers mentioned in the Schedule given below in electronic or digital format with time stamp, geo positioning and digital signatures of the occupier or factory manager in the same format as specified for the said registers in these rules.”
[Notification No. G.S.R. 98/C.A.63/1948/S.112/Amd.(34)/2020]
