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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Factories Act, 1948 Section 52

WEEKLY HOLIDAYS

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Factories Act, 1948 Section 52 is part of Factories Act, 1948 - WEEKLY HOLIDAYS. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) No adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in a factory on the first day of the week (hereinafter referred to as the said day), unless-

(a) he has or will have a holiday for a whole day on one of the three days immediately before or after the said day, and ( b) the manager of the factory has, before the said day or the substituted day under clause (a), whichever is earlier,-

(i) delivered a notice the office of the Inspector of his intention to require the worker to work on the said day and of the day which is to be substituted, and (ii) displayed a notice to that effect in the factory :

Provided that no substitution shall be made which will result in any worker working for more than ten days consecutively without a holiday for a whole day.

(2) Notices given under sub-section (1) may be cancelled by a notice delivered at the office of the Inspector and a notice displayed in the factory not later than the day before the said day or the holiday to be cancelled, whichever is earlier.

(3) Where, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1), any worker works on

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What does Factories Act, 1948 Section 52 provide?

Section Section 52 of the Factories Act, 1948 (WEEKLY HOLIDAYS) is reproduced on this page as part of the Factories Act, 1948. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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