Section 35: Prevention of fire.

(1) In every factory there shall be correctly installed, in appropriate places, effective means for detecting fire, and such means shall be provided and maintained, so as to be readily accessible, in the case of a manual device, for alerting occupants therein of the occurrence of a fire and for extinguishing same, which means shall be adequate, suitable and approved by the Director of Factories having regard to the circumstances of each factory.
(2) All stocks of highly inflammable substances shall be kept either in a fire-resisting store or in a safe place outside any building; provided that no such store as aforesaid shall be so situated as to endanger the means of escape from the factory or from any part thereof in the event of a fire occurring in the store.
(3) Every owner or occupier of a factory shall ensure that persons employed in the factory are adequately trained to enable them to operate the extinguishing apparatus provided in the said factory.
(4) The Director of Factories may impose such conditions as he may choose, in connection with-
(a) any store or place used for storage of highly inflammable substances; and
(b) the training of persons employed in the factory in the operation of any extinguishing apparatus in the factory.