Public Liability Insurance

Public Liability Insurance

The main objective of the Public Liability Insurance Act 1991 is to provide for damages to victims of an accident which occurs as a result of handling any hazardous substance. The Act applies to all owners associated with the production or handling of any hazardous chemicals.

THE PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE ACT, 1991 (moef.gov.in)

THE PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE ACT, 1991 No. 6 of 1991 [22nd January, 1991] MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 23rd January, 1991 Magha, 3, 1912 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 22nd January, 1991, and is hereby published for general information:- An Act to provide for public liability- insurance for the purpose of providing immediate relief to the persons affected by accident occurring while handling any hazardous substance and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the forty-first Year of The Republic of India as follows:-

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(1) This Act may be called the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, b) notification, appoint.