Lawgist55Intervals for rest
1[(1)] 2[The periods of work] of adult workers in a factory each day shall be so fixed that no period shall exceed five hours and that no worker shall work for more than five hours before he has had an interval for rest of at least half an hour.
3[(2) The State Government or, subject to the control of the State Government, the Chief Inspector, may, by written order and for the reasons specified therein, exempt any factory from the provisions of sub-section (1) so, however, that the total number of hours worked by a worker without an interval does not exceed six.]
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1. Section 55 renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section by s. 11, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-5-1954).
2. Subs. by Act 40 of 1949, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "The period" (w.e.f. 1-5-1949).
3. Added by Act 25 of 1954, s. 11 (w.e.f. 7-5-1954).
- 51 Weekly hours
- 52 Weekly holidays
- 53 Compensatory holidays
- 54 Daily hours
- 55 Intervals for rest
- 56 Spread over
- 57 Night shifts
- 58 Prohibition of overlapping shifts
- 59 Extra wages for overtime
- 60 Restriction on double employment
- 61 Notice of periods of work for adults
- 62 Register of adult workers
- 63 Hours of work to correspond with notice under section 61 and register under section 62
- 64 Power to make exempting rules
- 65 Power to make exempting orders
- 66 Further restrictions on employment of women
