Factory Act 1948

FACTORY ACT 1948

Section 23 of the General Clauses Act, 1897,(10 of 1897.) shall be not less than 45 days from the date on which the draft of the proposed rules was published.

No female adolescent or a male adolescent who has not attained the age of seventeen years but who has been granted a certificate of fitness to work in a factory as an adult, shall be required or allowed to work in any factory except between 6 A.M. and 7 P.M:

Extra wages for overtime. (1) Where a worker works in a factory for more than nine hours in any day or for more than forty- eight hours in any week, he shall, in respect of overtime work, be entitled to wages at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages.

Spreadover. The periods of work of an adult worker in a factory shall be so arranged that inclusive of his intervals for rest under section 55, they shall not spreadover more than ten and a half hours in any day:

Daily hours. Subject to the provisions of section 51, no adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in a factory for more than nine hours in any day:

Welfare officers. In every factory wherein 500 workers are ordinarily employed the occupier shall employ in  the factory such number of welfare officers as may be prescribed.

Shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms:- In every factory where in more than 150 workers are ordinarily employed.

Creches:- In every factory wherein more than 30 women workers are ordinarily employed there shall be provided and maintained a suitable room or rooms for the use of children underthe age of six years of such women.

Canteens:- State Government may make rules requiring that in any specified factory wherein more than 250 workers are ordinarily employed,

First-aid appliances:- boxes or cupboards to be provided and maintained shall not be less than one for every 150 workers ordinarily employed.

Medical and nursing staff:- In every factory wherein more than 150 workers there shall be provided and maintained an ambulance room of the prescribed size, containing the prescribed equipment and in the charge of such medical and nursing staff.

Power of Central Government to appoint Inquiry Committee. The Central Government may, in the event of the occurrence of an extraordinary situation involving a factory engaged in a hazardous process, appoint an Inquiry Committee to inquire into the standards of health and safety observed in the factory with a view to finding out the causes of any failure or neglect in the adoption of any measures or standards prescribed for the health and safety of the workers.

The Committee appointed shall consist of a Chairman and two other members.