(1) In accordance with the provisions of this Code, the statutory standards and employer duties governing Emergency standards shall be enforced across all industrial premises, factories, mines, and workplaces throughout India.
(2) Every occupier, principal employer, contractor, and manager shall strictly implement the environmental benchmarks, machinery safeguards, working hour limitations, and welfare facilities specified under this section.
(3) Failure to maintain the health and safety standards mandated under this section shall constitute a punishable offence under Chapter XI, attracting fines and imprisonment where serious bodily injury or fatality occurs.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 71
Section 71 of the Code empowers the Central Government to prescribe emergency standards for factories carrying on hazardous processes where national safety regulations have not been formulated or where immediate danger requires temporary heightened safety thresholds.
Corporate risk committees must track Central Government Gazette notifications for emergency standards, particularly following major chemical or industrial incidents, immediately updating plant operating limits within forty-eight hours of publication.