Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(I) Every lift or-escalator - (a) shall be inspected by the officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government - (i) before the grant ofa license under section 4; and (ii) in everythree yearsfrom thedate ofgrant oflicense; (b) may be inspected by such officer to check up compliance with the order made under sub-section (2) ofsection 10, if necessary, (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the owner ofa building in which a lift or an escalator is installed, shall get his lift or escalator inspected and tested by a person authorized under section 13 at an interval ofevery six months from the date of grant of Iicense under section 4 and shall submit such inspection and test report to the Chief Inspector. (3) The officer authorised under clause (a) ofsub-section (I) and the person who has inspected and tested the lift or escalator under sub-section (2) shall submit their report to the Chief Inspector in such form as may be prescribed. (4) The fee as may be prescribed shal I be paid by the owner ofthe building in which the lift or escalator is installed for each inspection under sub-section (1) and such fee shall be inclusive ofthe fee for the inspection ofelectrical installation attached to the lift or escalator installation. The fee shall be paid within such period and in such manner as may be prescribed. 342 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH io. lUUb (5) Where the owner or any person liable to pay fee under this section does not pay the same ~ithin the prescribed period, there shall be paid by such owner for the period commencing immed iately after the prescribed period and ending on the date of payment of fees, simple interest at the rate of twenty-four percent per annum on the amount of fees not so paid. Recovery offees etc. Penalty Offences by com parues t 7. All sums payable as fees or interest under this Act shall he recoverable as arrears of land revenue.