Hours

The hours worked, the intervals for meals and rest, for every woman and young person employed in a factory shall conform to the following conditions, namely– (a) the total hours worked, exclusive of intervals for meals and rest, shall neither exceed nine in any day nor exceed forty-eight in any week; (b) a woman or young person shall not be employed earlier than 5.30 a.m. nor later than 8.00 p.m.; (c) a woman or young person shall not be employed continuously for a spell of more than four and a half hours without an interval of at least half an hour for a meal or rest, provided however that in factories in which, owing to the perishable nature of the products, operations must be carried on without delay in order to prevent goods from being spoiled– (a) the total hours worked, exclusive of intervals for meals and rest, shall not exceed ten in any day nor exceed fifty-four in any week; and (b) a woman or young person shall not be employed later than 9.00 p.m. in the evening, and provided also that whenever, owing to unforeseen pressure of work due to sudden orders, or by reason of a breakdown of machinery or plant, or any other unforeseen emergency, overtime work may be rendered necessary in any factory, women and young persons may be employed therein for additional periods not exceeding in the aggregate six hours a week. Factories 25