[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 
3, SUB -SECTION (II)]  
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND  INDUSTRY  
DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE  
  
ORDER  
New Delhi, the    ,2023  
  
S.O.------- (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian 
Standar ds Act, 2016 (11 of 2016), the C entral Government, after consulting the Bureau of Indian 
Standards, is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public intere st, hereby 
makes the following O rder, namely: - 
 
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This O rder may be called the Safes, Safe Deposit Locker 
Cabinets and key locks (Quality Control) Order, 2023.  
 
(2) It shall come into force on the expiry of six month from the date of publication of this 
notification in the Official Gazette.  
 
2. Conformity to Standard and Compulsory  use of Standard Mark. - Goods or articles 
specified in column (1) of the Table -1 and Table -2 shall conform to the corres ponding Indian 
Standard mentioned in column (2) of the Table -1 and Table -2 and shall bear the Standard Mark 
under a license from the Bureau of Indian Standards as per Scheme -1 of Schedule -II to the Bureau 
of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulat ions, 2018:  
 
Provided that nothing in this Order shall apply to goods or articles manuf actured domestically for 
export:  
 
Provided further that nothing in this Order shall apply to micro e nterprises, as defined under 
clauses (h) and (m), respectively of sec tion 2 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 
Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2 006), till the expiry of twelve month  from the date of publication 
of this notification : 
 
Provided further that nothing in this Order shall apply to small e nterprises, as defined under 
clauses (h) and (m), respectively of section 2 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 
Development Act, 2006 (27 of 2 006), till the expiry of nine month  from the date of publication 
of this notification : 
 
Provided  also that nothing in this Order shall apply to goods or articles as specified in Table -2, till 
the expiry of eighteen month from the date of publication of this notification.  
 
3. Certification and enforcement authority. - The Bureau of Indian Standards shall be the 
certifying and enforcing authority for the goods or articles specified in t he Table -1 and Table -2. 
 4. Penalty for Contravention. - Any person who contravenes the provisions of this Order shall be 
punishable under the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Stand ards Act, 2016.  
  
 
TABLE -1 
Goods or articles  Indian Standard  Title of Indian Standard  
(1) (2) (3) 
Safes, safe deposit locker 
cabinets and key locks  550 (Part 1): 2014  Safes  
5244: 2020  Safe deposit locker c abinets  
 
TABLE -2 
Goods or articles  Indian Standard  Title of Indian Standard  
(1) (2) (3) 
Safes, safe deposit 
locker c abinets and key 
locks  17566: 2021  Key locks for security e quipment  
 
Note. - For the purposes of this Table, the latest version of Indian Standards including the 
amendments thereof, as notified by the Bureau of Indian Standard s from time to time shall apply.  
  
(F. No. P -2906/23/2023 -LEI) 
  
  
  
(Sanjiv)  
Joint Secretary to the Gover nment of India