Codes and Standards

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State	Lift Rules and Acts
Maharashtra	The Bombay Lift Act 1939 The Bombay Lift Rule 1958
Delhi	Delhi Lift Rule 1942
West Bengal	West Bengal Lift Rules 1958
Karnataka	Karnataka Lift Act 1974
Tamil Nadu	Tamil Nadu Lift Act 1997 Tamil Nadu Lift Rules 1997
Gujarat	The Gujarat Lifts and Escalators Rule 2001 The Gujarat Lifts and Escalators Act 2000
Haryana	Haryana Act no 27 of 2008 Haryana Lift and Escalator Act 2008
Himachal Pradesh	Lift Act 2007 Lift Rules 2009

Code	Details
IS 4591	Code of practice for installation and maintenance of escalators
IS 14665 Part 1	Electric Traction Lifts: Guidelines for outline dimensions of passenger, goods, service and hospital lifts
IS 14665 Part 2	- Electric Traction Lifts: - Code of practice for installation, operation and maintenance - Section 1 - Passenger and goods lifts - Section 2 - Service lifts
IS 14665 Part 3	- Electric Traction Lifts: Safety Rules - Section 1 - Passenger and goods lifts - Section 2 - Service lifts
IS 14665 Part 4	- Electric Traction Lifts: Components - Section 1 - Lift Buffers - Section 2 - Lift Guide Rails and Guide Shoes - Section 3 - Lift Car-frame, Car; Counterweight and Suspension - Section 4 - Lift Safety Gears and Governors - Section 5 - Lift Retiring Cam - Section 6 - Lift Doors and locking Devices and Contacts - Section 7- Lift Machines and Brakes - Section 8 - Lift Wire Ropes - Section 9 - Controller and Operating Devices for Lifts
S 14665 Part 5	Electric Traction Lifts: Specification Inspection manual
IS 14671	Code of practice for installation and maintenance of hydraulic lifts
IS 15259	Installation and maintenance of Home Lifts - Code of Practice
IS 15330	Installation and Maintenance of Lifts for Handicapped persons - Code of Practice
IS 15785	Installation and maintenance of Lift - Without conventional Machine Rooms - Code of Practice
NBC 2005	National building Code of India Part 8 - Section 5