Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Where any accident occurs in the operation of any lift or escalator which results or is likely to have resulted in loss of human life or injury to any person, the owner ofthe building in which the lift or escalator is working or ifsuch owner has appointed an agent and has communicated his name to the Inspector under sub-section (3), such agent, shall as soon as may be after such accident, give notice in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, with full details of the 340 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 10. 2UU6 accident to the Inspector, the Superintendent of Police of the concerned area and to the District Magistrate or such other officer as the State Government may, by order specify and the lift or escalator installation shall not be interfered with in any manner and the working ofsuch Ii ft or escalator shall not be res umed except, with the written permission of the officer authorized in this behalf by the State Government. (2) For the purposes ofsub-section (] ), the owner ofevery building in which a lift or an escalator has been installed, or in the case where such owner does not reside in such building, an agent (who shall be a resi dent in the town or village in which the building is situated) appointed by the owner, shall give notice ofany accidentoccurring in the operation ofthe lift or escalator. (3) The name ofevery agent appointed under sub-section (2) shall be communicated in writing to the Inspector. (4) The State Government may authorize the Inspector or any other competent person appointed in this behalf, to inquire and report- (a) as to the cause of any acci dent affecting the safety of the persons which may have been occasioned by, or in connection with, the lift or escalator installation; or (b) as to the manner in, and extent to which the provisions of this Act or the rules made hereunder so far as those provisions affect the safety of any person have been complied with. (5) Every Inspector or other person holding an inquiry under sub-section (4) shall have all the powers ofa Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V.of 1908) for the purpose of enforcing thc attendance ofwitness and compelIing the production ofdocuments and material objects; and every person required by an Inspector or such other person as aforesaid to furnish any information shall be deemed to be legally bound to do so within the meaning of section 176 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860). THE ASSAM GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY, . MARCH 10. 2006 341 Appointment of