There has been demand for information on the Indian Boiler Regulations, 1950 both in hard copy & electronic form over the Internet. It's last reprint incorporated amendments upto 31st August, 1962.

Section 13(2) of the Standards of Weights & Measures Act, 1956, came into force on the first day of December, 1966. Under this section and the relevant State /Union Territory enactments relating to the enforcement of weights & measures, no unit of measure other than a metric unit can be used in any transaction for the purposes of trade or commerce of any dealing or contract or any work to be done or for goods to be sold or delivered. The standards given in thee regulations in non-metric units, therefore cannot be used for any of the above purposes with effect from aforesaid date. Work is separately underway to convert the specifications given in these regulations in non-metric standards to metric units, and to issue an edition incorporating these, to bring this Regulation in conformity with the law with effect from December 1, 1967. This reprint of the old edition of these regulations is being issued for facility of reference. The mere fact, however, that in this reprint non-metric standards have been used would not absolve any person from the requirements of compliance with the law relating to enforcement of standards of weights and measures. The standards given in this reprint have to be converted into metric units for the purposes of trade, commerce or any dealing or contract or for any work to be done.

The latest reprint has been made available in the electronic form over the Internet for the benefit of users across the globe.