OSH Code 87Chapter XI · Factories
Section 87 · Emergency standards
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(1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that no standards of
safety have been prescribed in respect of a hazardous process or class of hazardous processes, or where
the standards so prescribed are inadequate, it may direct the Directorate General Occupational Safety and
Health formerly known as the Directorate General of Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes or any
Institution authorised in matters relating to standards of safety in hazardous processes, to lay down
emergency standards for enforcement of suitable standards in respect of such hazardous processes.
(2) The emergency standards laid down under sub-section (1) shall, until they are incorporated in the rules made under this Code, be enforceable and have the same effect as if they had been incorporated in the rules made under this Code.
(2) The emergency standards laid down under sub-section (1) shall, until they are incorporated in the rules made under this Code, be enforceable and have the same effect as if they had been incorporated in the rules made under this Code.
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