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Prohibition of night work

Cap. 297, s. 161 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, no person shall employ during the night, in a public or private industrial (a) a woman; or (b) a person under the age of eighteen years. 102 (2) If a person is employed in contravention of sub-section (1), the employer and any person (other than the person employed) to whose act or default the contravention is attributable commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.

Amended by: 40 of 1963

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