Renewal of Stability Certificate Under Indian Factories Act: Procedures and Guidelines

Dear All,

Please tell me, what is the procedure for Stability Certificate renewal? I obtained a certificate in the year 2006. Now, what is the duration that I need to provide for renewal? Please help me.

Raj

You need to renew the building stability certificate in 3 years by a third-party consultant as per the Indian Factories Act, 1948.

Please get in touch with a competent person (a chartered civil engineer) who holds a letter of competency from the Inspector of Factories.

- Saravana Rajan.

Hi Raj,

There is a certified/licensed engineer who should issue the Stability Certificate under the Factories Act. Kindly inquire about the engineers.

MANOKAVIN

@Rajmore22

As you rightly said, the tenure of renewal is 5 years. Please go through the below as per Maharashtra Factories Rules:

Provided further that no manufacturing process shall be carried out in any premises of a factory unless a fresh certificate of stability in Form 1-A is obtained from a competent person once in each period of 5 years or after extension, alteration, repairs, or addition of any work of engineering construction or replacement or addition of machinery, plant, etc., and sent to the Chief Inspector.

Regards,

Dipil Kumar V

Dear Friends,

For building, we are obtaining stability certificates. I would like to know if there are any norms defined for stability certificates for Palletisation Racking systems (MS Storage racks) used to store finished goods manufactured in the manufacturing unit.

Regards,
Jagjeet

Dear All,

We started our second unit at Thanjavur in the year 2009. I need to know whether we need to get a stability certificate immediately or if we can get the certificate after completion of two years.

Please reply.

Thanks & Regards,
Lalitha J.

Hi Lalitha J,

Just go through the clause from the factories rules:

No manufacturing process shall be carried out in any building or part of a building, whether newly constructed, reconstructed, or extended, or in any building that has been taken into use as a factory or part of a factory, until a certificate of stability in respect thereof, in Form "___" signed by a competent person, has been submitted by the occupier or manager of the factory to the Chief Inspector and accepted by him. Additionally, no new plant or machinery shall be added to any building of a factory or brought into use after such addition until a certificate of stability in Form "____" signed by a competent person, in respect thereof, has been submitted by the occupier or manager of the factory to the Chief Inspector and accepted by him.

So, you must obtain the stability certificate before commencing the manufacturing process.

What is the procedure for professional tax? Are we liable to pay professional tax for workers and staff, or are the employees responsible?

Thank you.

Dear All,

How do I apply to obtain a building stability certificate in Rajasthan?