Labour Commissioner 
INTRODUCTION
Regulation of boilers was a provisional subject. There were seven Provincial Boiler Acts. Some of them were enacted several years earlier and they were out of date, and all of them were inconsistent with each other. To secure uniformity throughout India in all technical matters connected with boiler regulations the Indian Boilers Bill was introduced in the Legislature.
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Under the Devolution Rules the Regulation of boilers is a provincial subject, subject to legislation by the Indian Legislature. There are at present seven Provincial Boiler Acts; some of them were framed many years ago and are out of date, and all of them are inconsistent with each other. The result is that different rules are enforced in different provinces and the anomalous position has been reached that a boiler which is allowed to work up to a certain pressure in one province can only be worked to a much lower pressure when transferred to another province. Further in the interest of safety a boiler required regular inspection in whatever Province it may be situated and it is wrong that in certain Provinces no boiler law should be in force at all. The object therefore of the present legislation is:- (a) to secure uniformity throughout India in all technical matters connected with boiler regulations e.g., standards of construction, maximum pressure, and (b) to insist on the registration and regular inspection of all boilers throughout India.
The object can only be attained by all India Act, with uniform regulations throughout the country; under the Devolution Rules, as explained above, it is the function of the Central Government to promulgate such an Act.
(2) The subject being a highly technical one a Committee of three persons including two boiler experts were appointed to examine the existing provincial laws and to put forward proposals for an all India Act, based on the provisions of these laws brought up to date and coordinated. The report of this Committee has been published and the views of Local Governments obtained upon it.
The Bill which is now presented to the Assembly is the result of their recommendations as modified after consideration of the views of Local Governments.
(3) The only important respect in which the Bill diverges from certain of the existing Acts is with regard to certificated boiler attendants. It is only in a few provinces that boiler attendants are required to possess certificates of competency. The Industrial Commission recommended that this requirement was unnecessary, a recommendation which the Boiler Laws Committee endorsed, and in which Local Government including those now insisting on certificates have unanimously agreed.
ACT 5 OF 1923
The Indian Boilers Bill having been passed by the Legislature was assented, on 23rd February, 1923. It came on the Statute Book as THE INDIAN BOILERS ACT, 1923 (5 of 1923).
LIST OF AMENDING ACTS AND ADAPTATION ORDERS
1. The Repealing Act, 1927 (12 of 1927).
2. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1929 (9 of 1929).
3. The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.
4. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1937 (11 of 1937).
5. The Repealing and Amending Act, 1939 (34 of 1939).
6. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1942 (5 of 1942).
7. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1943 (17 of 1943).
8. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1947 (34 of 1947).
9. The Indian Independence (Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances) Order, 1948.
10. The Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
11. The Part B States (Laws) Act, 1951 (3 of 1951).
12. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1951 (38 of 1951).
13. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1952 (25 of 1952).
14. The Repealing and Amending Act, 1952 (48 of 1952).
15. The Adaptation of Laws (No.3) Order, 1956.
16. The Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1960 (18 of 1960).
17. The Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act, 1968 (26 of 1968).
18. The Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1985 (4 of 1986).