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The words, brackets and letter “or sub-clause (b)” omitted by s. 10, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-1-2010). 34 (vii) employed for the purpose of— (a) loading, unloading, fuelling, constructing, repairing, demolishing, cleaning or painting any ship of which he is not the master or a member of the crew, or handling or transport within the limits of any port subject to 1[(the Ports Act, 1908 (5 of 1908) or the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 (38 of 1963)], of goods which have been discharged from or are to be loaded into any vessel; or (b) warping a ship through the lock; or (c) mooring and unmooring ships at harbour wall berths or in pier; or (d) removing or replacing dry dock caisoons when vessels are entering or leaving dry docks; or (e) the docking or undocking of any vessel during an emergency; or (f) preparing splicing coir springs and check wires, painting depth marks on lock-sides, removing or replacing fenders whenever necessary, landing of gangways, maintaining life-buoys up to standard or any other maintenance work of a like nature; or (g) any work on jolly-boats for bringing a ship’s line to the wharf; or (viii) employed in the construction, maintenance, repair or demolition of— (a) any building which is designed to be or is or has been more than one storey in height above the ground or twelve feet or more from the ground level to the apex of the roof; or (b) any dam or embankment which is twelve feet or more in height from its lowest to its highest point; or (c) any road, bridge, tunnel or canal; or (d) any wharf, quay, sea-wall or other marine work including any moorings of ships, or (ix) employed in setting up, maintaining, repairing or taking down any telegraph or telephone line or post or any overhead electric line or cable or post or standard or fittings and fixtures for the same; or (x) employed, 2***, in the construction, working, repair or demolition of any aerial ropeway, canal, pipe-line, or sewer; or (xi) employed in the service of any fire brigade; or (xii) employed upon a railway as defined in 3[clause (31) of section 2 and sub-section (1) of section 197 of the Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890)], either directly or through a sub-contractor, by a person fulfilling a contract with the railway administration; or (xiii) employed as an inspector, mail guard, sorter or van peon in the Railway Mail Service 4[or as a telegraphist or as a postal or railway Signaller], or employed in any occupation ordinarily involving- outdoor work in the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; or (xiv) employed, 5***, in connection with operations for winning natural petroleum or natural gas; or