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1[46. Employment of women
(1) No woman shall, notwithstanding anything contained m 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 elevan hours between the termination of employment on any one day the commencement of the next period of employment.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Central Government may, by notification2in 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. Substituted by Act 62 of 1959, section 27, for section 46 (w.e.f. 16-1-1960).
2. For such notification see Gazette of India, 1953, Pt II, Section 3, p. 308.