LawgistThe Factories Act
57Night shifts
Where a worker in a factory works on a shift which extends beyond midnight,--
(a) for the purposes of sections 52 and 53, a holiday for a whole day shall mean in his case a period of twenty-four consecutive hours beginning when his shift ends;
(b) the following day for him shall be deemed to be the period of twenty-four hours beginning when such shift ends, and the hours he has worked after midnight shall be counted in the previous day.
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WORKING HOURS OF ADULTS
- 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
