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Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance 2002
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Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance 2002 promulgated by president of Pakistan to provide for regulation, use, construction, installation and repair of boilers and pressure vessels.
- Section 6 – Prohibition of use of unregistered or uncertified boilers
“Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Ordinance, 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 Ordinance;(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 Ordinance;(d) at a pressure higher than the maximum pressure recorded in such certificate or provisional order or under which the boiler was constructed and stamped; and(e) unless the boiler is in the charge of a person holding the Boilers Engineers Competency Certificate required by such rules and not more than sixty years old or less than twenty-five years of age.”
- Section 16 – Reports of accidents
“(1) If any accident occurs to a boiler the owner or person in charge thereof shall, within twenty-four hours of the accident, report the same in writing to the Inspector and to relevant insurance company. Every such report shall contain a description of the nature of the accident and of the injury, if any, caused thereby to the boiler or to any person, and shall be in sufficient detail to enable the Ad hoc Technical Committee so appointed to determine the root cause of accident and fix the responsibility for such occurrence. The same shall also be reported to the Board.(2) Every person shall answer truly to the best of his knowledge and ability every question put to him in writing by the Accident Committee; nominated by the Provincial Government.”
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