Section 10 in The Static and Mobile Pressure Vessels (Unfired) Rules, 2016
10. Special precautions against accidents.
(1)No person shall smoke, or bring any matches, fire or articles capable of causing ignition or commit or attempt to commit any act which may tend to cause a fire or explosion in or about any place where any compressed gas is stored, handled or transported in a vessel.(2)All empty vessels which had contained, any flammable or toxic gases, shall, except when they are opened for the purpose of filling or cleaning, or for rendering them gas-free, but kept securely closed until they have been cleaned or freed of the gas, as the case may be.(3)Every person storing compressed gas in a vessel and every person in charge of, or engaged in the storage, handling and transport of such gas in vessels, shall at all times-(i)comply with the provisions of these rules and the conditions of any license issued there under;(ii)observe all precautions for the prevention of accident by fire or explosion; and(iii)prevent any person from committing any act referred in sub-rule (1).
