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(d) imposing obligations for securing compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance or of any by-law made thereunder upon persons who employ women, young persons or children in industrial undertakings and upon the agents and servants of such persons;

(e) defining the duties and powers of the Protector and the Inspectors;

(exempting any industrial undertaking from the operation of this Ordinance or any part thereof;

(g) prescribing the forms to be used in carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance both in respect of registration and otherwise;

(h) prescribing means of securing hygienic conditions in factories and workshops;

(1) prescribing means of preventing accidents in factories and workshops, and of relieving persons suffering from the effects of such accidents;

(j) requiring notifications to be made in relation to accidents occurring in factories and workshops;

(k) prescribing the precautions to be taken against fire and providing for means of escape from fire in factories and workshops;

(1) generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) All by-laws made by the Urban Council shall be submitted to the Governor, and shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.

(3) The by-laws in the Schedule shall be deemed to have Schedule. been made under this Ordinance, and shall be in force until rescinded or amended by by-laws made under this Ordinance.

(4) It shall be lawful for the Protector in such cases as he shall think fit to exempt any industrial undertaking from any by-law under this Ordinance or to order the adoption of special precautions in addition to any precautions required by any by-law under this Ordinance: Provided that an appeal from any such order shall lie by way of petition to the Governor in Council whose decision shall be final.

6.-(1) Every factory or workshop shall be registered Registration annually at the office of the Protector.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Protector-

(a) to receive applications for the registration of factories

and workshops;

(b) to issue certificates of registration of factories and workshops;

(c) to keep a register in the prescribed form of the factories and workshops in respect of which certificates of registration have been issued.

(3) The Protector shall have power to refuse any such application for registration, and to cancel any such certificate of registration: Provided that an appeal from any such refusal or cancellation shall lie by way of petition to the Governor in Council whose decision shall be final.

of factories and work- shops.

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