Revised Standard from Last Update.

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (First Revision) which is identical with IEC 60447 : 2004 ‘Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Actuating principles’ issued by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Basic Electrotechnical Standards and Power Quality Sectional Committee and approval of the Electrotechnical Division Council.

This standard was first published in 1973. This first revision has been undertaken to take into consideration the developments that have taken place subsequently and also to align with the latest version of IEC 60447 : 2004.