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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Factories Act, 1948 Section 27

Prohibition of Employment of Women and Children Near Cotton-openers

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Factories Act, 1948 Section 27 is part of Factories Act, 1948 - Prohibition of Employment of Women and Children Near Cotton-openers. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

No woman or child shall be employed in any part of a factory for pressing cotton in which a cotton opener is at work:

Provided that if the feed-end of a cotton-opener is in a room separated from the delivery end by a partition extending to the roof or to such height as the Inspector may in any particular case specify in writing, women and children may be employed on the side of the partition where the feed-end is situated.

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What does Factories Act, 1948 Section 27 provide?

Section Section 27 of the Factories Act, 1948 (Prohibition of Employment of Women and Children Near Cotton-openers) 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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