LawgistThe Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act
41Power to exempt
The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt, subject to such conditions and restrictions as it may impose, any class of industrial premises or class of employers or employees from all or any of the provisions of this Act or of any rules made thereunder:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be constructed as empowering the State Government to grant any exemption in respect of any woman employee from any of the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder relating to annual leave with wages, maternity benefits, creches, wages, rejection of beedi or cigar and night work.
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All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Industrial premises to be licensed
- 4 Licences
- 5 Appeals
- 6 Inspectors
- 7 Powers of Inspectors
- 7A Inspector not to disclose the source of any complaint, etc
- 8 Cleanliness
- 9 Ventilation
- 10 Overcrowding
- 11 Drinking water
- 12 Latrines and urinals
- 13 Washing facilities
- 14 Creches
- 15 First aid
- 16 Canteens
- 17 Working hours
- 18 Wages for overtime work
- 19 Interval for rest
- 20 Spread over
- 21 Weekly holidays
- 22 Notice of periods of work
- 23 Hours of work to correspond with notice under section 22
- 24 Prohibition of employment of children
- 25 Prohibition of employment of women or young persons during certain hours
- 26 Annual leave with wages
- 27 Wages during leave period
- 28 Application of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 to industrial premises
- 29 Special provisions
- 30 Onus as to age
- 31 Notice of dismissal
- 32 Penalty for obstructing Inspector
- 33 General penalty for offence
- 34 Offences by companies
- 35 Indemnity
- 36 Cognizance of offences
- 37 Application of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 and the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
- 38 Certain provisions not to apply to industrial premises
- 39 Application of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
- 40 Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this Act
- 41 Power to exempt
- 42 Powers of Central Government to give directions
- 43 Act not to apply to self-employed persons in private dwelling houses
- 44 Power to make rules
