The Himachal Pradesh Lifts Act, 2007

THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LIFTS ACT, 2007 

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

Sections:  

1. Short title, extent and commencement.  

2. Definitions.  

3. Permission to erect a lift.  

4. License to use a lift.  

5. Applications for license in case of existing lifts.  

6. Lift not to be operated without a license.  

7. Right to enter any building for inspection of lifts and lift 

installation.  

8. Appeal.  

9. Revision.  

10. Report of accidents.  

11. Inspection of lifts.  

12. Cognizance of offence.  

13. Penalty.  

14. Delegation of powers.  

15. Power to make rules.  

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THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LIFTS ACT, 2007 

(ACT NO. 22 OF 2007)
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(Received the assent of the Governor on the 29
th
 September, 2007 and 

was published both in Hindi and English in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, 

dated 6
th
 October, 2007, pp. 6463-6478) 

An Act to provide for the regulation of the construction, maintenance and 

safe working of lifts, machinery and apparatus pertaining thereto 

in the State of Himachal Pradesh and matters connected 

therewith or incidental thereto.  

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the 

Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-  

1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be 

called the Himachal Pradesh Lifts Act, 2007. 
 
 

                                                 
1. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of 

Objects and reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 

30
th

 August, 2007. pp. 4586 and 4596  



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(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Himachal Pradesh.  

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government 

may, by notification
1
 in the Official Gazette, appoint. 

2. Definitions.-  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-  

(a) “Appellate Authority” means such authority as the State 

Government may, by notification publish in the Official 

Gazette, declare to be the Appellate Authority;  

(b) “State Government” means the Government of Himachal 

Pradesh;  

(c)  “Inspector of Lifts” means an officer not below the rank of 

Executive Engineer (Electrical), Himachal Pradesh Public 

Works Department, appointed by the State Government;  

(d)  “license” means a license granted under this Act;  

(e)  “lift” means a hoisting mechanism equipped with a cage 

which moves in a substantially vertical direction, is worked 

by power and is designed or is actually used to carry 

passengers;  

Explanation.- For the purpose of this clause a lift operator 

shall not be deemed to be a passenger.  

(f)  “lift cage” means the car or cage of a lift used for the 

conveyance of passengers;  

(g)  “lift installation” includes the lift cage, the lift way, the lift 

way enclosure and the operating mechanism of the lift and all 

ropes, cables, wires and plant directly connected with the 

operation of the lift;  

(h)  “lift way” means the shaft in which the lift cage travels;  

(i)  “lift way enclosure” includes any permanent substantial 

structure surrounding or enclosing the lift way;  

(j)  “notification” means a notification published under proper 

authority in the Official Gazette;  

(k)  “Official Gazette” means the Rajpatra of Himachal Pradesh;  

(l)  “power” means any form of energy which is not generated by 

human or animal energy;  

(m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

and  

(n)  “Revisonal Authority” means Secretary, Public Works 

Department to the Government of Himachal Pradesh.  

                                                 
1.  Act came in to force from 28

th
  February, 2009 vide Not No. PBW (B) 3-1/2007, 

dated 6
th

 March, 2009,  published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 6
th
 

March, 2009,  p. 8135. 



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3. Permission to erect a lift.-  (1) Every owner of a place intending 

to install a lift in such place shall make an application to such officer as the 

State Government may, by notification published in the Official Gazette, 

authorize in this behalf, for permission in such form as may be prescribed, 

specifying:- 

(i)  the type of the lift; 

(ii)  the rated maximum speed of the lift;  

(iii)  the maker’s or designer’s rated capacity in weight;  

(iv)  The maximum number of passengers in addition to the lift 

operator which the lift can carry;  

(v)  The total weight of the lift cage carrying the maximum load;  

(vi)  The weight of the counterweight;  

(vii)  The number, description, weight and size of the supporting 

cables;  

(viii) The depth of the pit from the lowest part of the cage when at 

the lowest floor; and  

(ix)  such other particulars and details of the construction of the 

overhead arrangement; with the weight and sizes of the 

beams as may be prescribed.  

(2) On receipt of application under sub-section (1), the officer 

authorized in this behalf shall, after making such enquiry and requiring the 

applicant to furnish such information as may be necessary, forward the 

application with his remarks to the Chief Engineer (Electrical) Himachal 

Pradesh Public Works Department or to the officer authorized by him in this 

behalf and thereupon he may either grant or refuse the permission.  

(3) The permission granted under sub-section (2) shall be valid for a 

period of six months from the date on which it is granted.  

4. License to use a lift.– (1) Every owner of a place who is permitted 

to install a lift under section 3, shall, within one month after the completion of 

the erection of such lift, deliver or send or cause to be delivered or sent to 

such officer as the Chief Engineer (Electrical), Himachal Pradesh Public 

Works Department may authorize in this behalf, a notice in writing of such 

completion and shall make an application alongwith fee of Rs.750/- for grant 

of a license for operating the lift:  

Provided that no fee shall be required to be paid if the lift belongs to 

the State Government.  

(2) An application for a license made under sub-section (1) shall be in 

such form as may be prescribed.  

(3) On receipt of application under sub-section (1) such officer after 

making such enquiry as may be necessary forward the application with his 

remarks to the Chief Engineer (Electrical),Himachal Pradesh Public Works 



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Department or to the officer authorized by him in this behalf and thereupon he 

may either grant or refuse the license.  

5. Applications for license in case of existing lifts.- (1) 

Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 3 and 4 every owner of a 

place (except installation in State Government buildings), in which a lift has 

been installed before the commencement of this Act, shall, within two months 

from the date of commencement of this Act, apply for a license for the 

working of such lift.  

(2) The provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 4 shall, so far 

as may be, apply to such application and shall be subject to payment of fee of 

Rs. 750/-.  

6. Lift not to be operated without a licence.- Subject to such rules 

as may be made in this behalf, no lift shall be worked except under and in 

conformity with the terms of the license granted in respect of the same:  

Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a lift already 

installed on the date of the commencement of this Act, for a period of two 

months from such date or if an application for license is made within that 

period in accordance with the provision of section 5, until such application is 

finally disposed of under the said section.  

7. Right to enter any building for inspection of lifts and lift 

installation.- (1) An officer not below the rank of Executive Engineer 

(Electrical) Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department authorized by the 

State Government in this behalf may, at any time after giving reasonable 

notice to the occupant, enter upon any building in which a lift is installed or is 

being installed or in connection with which an application for a license has 

been received, for the purpose of inspecting the lift or the lift installation or 

the site thereof.  

(2) If on such inspection the Officer is of the opinion that any lift in 

any building is in an unsafe condition, he may issue an order to the owner of 

the building requiring such repairs or alterations to be made to such lift as he 

may deem necessary within the time specified therein and may also, if 

necessary, order the use of such lift to be discontinued until such repairs or 

alterations are made or such unsafe condition is removed.  

8. Appeal.. (1) An appeal shall lie from the order issued under sub-

section (2) of section 7 to the Appellate Authority:  

Provided that no appeal shall be entertained against any order unless 

the appeal is filed within 15 days from the passing of such order:  

Provided further that any appeal may be admitted after the expiry of 

the period specified under this section, if the appellant satisfies the Appellate 

Authority that he has sufficient cause for not preferring appeal within that 

period.  

(2) The Appellate Authority shall, within 15 days of the filing of the 

appeal, pass an order confirming or setting aside the order appealed against.  



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9. Revision.-  (1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed in appeal 

by the Appellate Authority under section 8 may, within 15 days of the 

communication of such order, file revision petition before the Revisional 

Authority against such order.  

(2) The Revisional Authority shall, within 15 days of filing of 

revision application against the order of the Appellate Authority, pass an order 

confirming or setting aside the order of Appellate Authority: 

Provided that no order shall be passed under this section which may 

be prejudicial to any person without giving such person a reasonable 

opportunity of being heard.  

10.  Report of accidents.- (1) Where any accident occurs in the 

operation of any lift resulting in injury to any person, either the injured person 

or on his behalf any other person or the owner of the building in which the lift 

is working or if such owner has appointed an agent and had communicated his 

name to the Inspector of Lifts under sub-section (3), such agent shall, as soon 

as may be, after such accident, give notice with full details of the accident to 

the Inspector of Lifts and also to the District Magistrate and the working of 

such lift shall not be resumed except with the written permission of the officer 

authorized in this behalf by the Chief Engineer(Electrical)Himachal Pradesh 

Public Works Department.  

(2) For the purpose of sub-section (1), the owner of every building in 

which a lift has been installed and if he does not reside in such building, shall 

appoint an agent who shall be a resident of the town or village in which the 

building is situated, to give notice of any accident occurring in the operation 

of the lift.  

(3) The name of every agent appointed under sub-section (2) shall be 

communicated to the Chief Engineer (Electrical) and the Superintending 

Engineer (Electrical), Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department.  

11. Inspection of Lifts.- (1) Every lift shall be inspected at least once 

in six months by an officer authorized in this behalf by the State Government 

and annual fee of Rs.750/- shall be charged for such inspection (except lifts 

installed and maintained by the State Government) and such fee shall include 

the charges for the inspection of the motor.  

(2) Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of sub-section (3) of 

section 4,sub-section (2) of section 7 and sub-section (1) of section 10 of the 

Act or fails to perform the duties assigned under these sections shall be 

punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may 

extend to two years or with fine or with both.  

12. Cognizance of offence. - No court shall take cognizance of an 

offence punishable under sub-section (2) of section 11 except on a complaint 

in writing made by an officer authorized by the State Government, by 

notification in the Official Gazette.  

13. Penalty.- Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act, 

rules or conditions of a license or a direction given by the Chief Engineer 



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(Electrical) or Superintending Engineer (Electrical) Himachal Pradesh Public 

Works Department, as the case may be, under this Act or the rules made 

thereunder, shall, on conviction, be punishable with a fine which may extend 

to five thousand rupees and in the case of a continuing contravention with an 

additional fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for every day, with 

maximum of forty five thousand rupees during which such contravention 

continues after conviction for the first such contravention and the license of 

the lift shall be liable to be cancelled.  

14. Delegation of the powers. -The State Government may delegate 

all or any of the powers conferred on it by this Act to such officer as it may 

think fit but not below the rank of Executive Engineer (Electrical) Himachal 

Pradesh Public Works Department.  

15. Power to make rules.- (1) The State Government may, by 

notification published in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the 

purposes of this Act.  

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the 

foregoing provision, such rules may provide for all or any of the following 

matters, namely:-  

(a)  Specifications for lifts;  

(b)  The manner in which erection plans of lifts shall be 

submitted;  

(c )  The manner in which the lifts may be tested;  

(d)  The form of application for the erection of a lift or a license 

for working the same;  

(e)  The terms and conditions subject to which and the form in 

which the licenses may be granted for the working of a lift 

under section 6;  

(f)  The manner in which and the terms subject to which the lift 

shall work under section 6;  

(g)  The manner in which notice of accidents shall be given and 

the form of such notice;  

(h)  The form of notice to be given under section 7; and  

(i)  Any other matter which is required to be or may be prescribed 

by the State Government. 

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