Lawgist46Employment of women
1[46. Employment of women.--(1)No woman shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, be employed--
(a) in any part of a mine which is below ground;
(b) in any mine above ground except between the hours of 6 A.M. and 7 P.M.
(2) Every woman employed in a mine above ground shall be allowed an interval of not less than eleven hours between the termination of employment on any one day and the commencement of the next period of employment.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Central Government may, by notificationin the Official Gazette, vary the hours of employment above ground of women in respect of any mine or class or description of mine, so however that no employment of any woman between the hours of 10 P.M. and 5 A.M. is permitted thereby.]
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1. Subs. by Act 62 of 1959, s. 27, for section 46 (w.e.f. 16-1-1960).
- 28 Weekly day of rest
- 29 Compensatory days of rest
- 30 Hours of work above ground
- 31 Hours of work below ground
- 32 Night shift
- 33 Extra wages for overtime
- 34 Prohibition of employment of certain persons
- 35 Limitation of daily hours of work including overtime work
- 36 Notices regarding hours of work
- 37 Supervising Staff
- 38 Exemption from provisions regarding employment
- 39 Power to make exempting rules
- 40 Employment of persons below eighteen years of age
- 41 [Omitted.]
- 42 [Omitted.]
- 43 Power to require medical examination
- 44 [Omitted.]
- 45 Prohibition of the presence of persons below eighteen years of age in a mine
- 46 Employment of women
- 47 [Omitted.]
- 48 Registers of persons employed
