(5)Cotton Cards.-(a) All cylinder doors shall be secured by an interlocking arrangement which shall prevent the door being opened until the cylinder has ceased to revolve and shall render it impossible to restart the machine until the door has been closed:Provided that the later requirement in respect of automatic locking device shall not apply while stripping or grinding operations are carried out:Provided further that stripping or grinding operation shall be carried out only by specially trained adult workers wearing tight fitting clothing whose names have been recorded in the register prescribed in this behalf as required in sub-section (i) of Section 22 of Factories Act, 1948.(b)The licker-in shall be guarded so as to prevent access to the dangerous parts.(c)Every card shall be equipped with an arrangement that would enable the card cylinder to be driven by power during stripping or grinding operations without having to either shift the main belt to the fast pulley of the machine or to dismantle the interlocking mechanism. Such an arrangement shall be used Only for stripping or grinding operations.
