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Factories Act, 1948 Section 70

Title: Effect of Certificate of Fitness Granted to Adolescent

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....been granted a certificate of fitness to work in a factory as an adult under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 69, and who while at work in a factory carries a token giving reference to the certificate, shall be deemed to be an adult for all the purposes of Chapter VI and VIII. 1 [***] 2 [(1A) 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. : Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazelle, in respect of any factory or group or class or description of factories,-- (i) vary the limits laid down in this sub-section so, however, that no such section shall authorise the employment of any female adolescent between 10 P.M. and 5 A.M. (ii) grant exemption from the provisions of this sub-section in case of serious emergency where national interest is involved.] (2) An adolescent who has not been granted a certificate of fitness to work in a factory as an adult under the aforesaid clause (b) shall, notwithstanding his age, be.....

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Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 Section 22

Title: Adolescents Employed as Motor Transport Workers to Carry Tokens

State: Central

Year: 1961

No adolescent shall be required or allowed to work as a motor transport worker in any motor transport undertaking unless-- (a) a certificate of fitness granted with reference to him under section 23 is in the custody of the employer; and (b) such adolescent carries with him while he is at work a token giving a reference to such certificate. [Cf: Factories Act, 1948, S. 68.]

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Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 Section 14

Title: Hours of Work for Adolescents Employed as Motor Transport Workers

State: Central

Year: 1961

No adolescent shall be employed or required to work as a motor transport worker in any motor transport undertaking-- (a) for more than six hours a day including rest interval of half-an-hour; (b) between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

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Bengal Borstal Schools Act, 1928 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1928

.....of adolescent offenders who will be sent there from all parts of Bengal. The idea of a Borstal institution comes from England. Borstal is, in fact, the name of a small town in Kent where such a system was first tried, and ever since, this system has been known all over the world as the "Borstal" system. (Extracts from the proceedings in Council. Vol. 26, p. 79). An Act to make provision for the establishment and regulation of Borstal schools for the detention and training of adolescent offenders. Preamble. Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the establishment and regulation of Borstal schools for the detention and training of adolescent offenders ; And whereas the previous sanction of the Governor General has been obtained under sub-section (3) of section 80A of the Government of India Act to the passing of this ActIt is hereby enacted as follows Section 1 Short title and extent (1) This Act may be called the Bengal Borstal Schools Act, 1928. (2) It extends to the whole of 11. Words subs, by the Indian Independence (Adaptation of Bengal and Punjab Acts) Order. 1948. [West Bengal]. Section 2 Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the.....

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The Kerala Borstal Schools Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1961

.....the rules made thereunder, or, as the case may be, the Travancore-Cochin Prisons Act, 1950 (Act XVIII of 1950) and the Travancore-Cochin Prisoners Act,1950 (Act XVII of 1950) and the rules made thereunder, shall apply in the case of every borstal school established under this Act as if it were a prison and the inmates prisoners. PART II COMMITTAL TO BORSTAL SCHOOLS 5. Power of court to pass order of detention in borstal school .-(1) Where it appears to a court that an adolescent offender should, by reason of his criminal habits or tendencies, or association with persons of bad character, be subject to detention for such term and under such instruction and discipline as appears most conducive to his reformation and the prevention of crime, it shall be lawful for the court, in lieu of passing a sentence of imprisonment, to pass an order of detention in a borstal school for a term which shall not be less than two years and shall not exceed seven years, but in no case extending beyond the date on which the adolescent offender will, in the opinion of the court, attain the age of twenty-three years: Provided that the court shall not ordinarily order the detention of a first.....

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Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....cash clerk, depot clerk, timekeeper, watchman or attendant, but except in section 8-does not include- (i) any such person who is employed in a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948)-; (ii) any such person to whom the provisions of any law for the time being in force regulating the conditions of service of persons employed in shops or commercial establishments apply; (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) "qualified medical practitioner" means a person having a certificate granted by an authority specified in the Schedule to the Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916 (7 of 1916)-, or notified under section 3-of that Act or specified in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956)-, and includes any person having a certificate granted under any Provincial or State Medical Council Act: (k) "spread-over" means the period between the commencement of duty on any day and the termination of duty on that day; (l) "wages" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (vi) of section 2 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936)-: (m) "week" means the period between midnight on Saturday night and midnight on the succeeding.....

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The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1961

.....cash clerk, depot clerk, time keeper, watchman or attendant, but except in Section 8 does not include- (i) any such person who is employed in a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948). (ii) any such person to whom the provisions of any law for the time being in force regulating the conditions of service of persons employed in shops or commercial establishments apply; (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) "qualified medical practitioner" means a person having a certificate granted by an authority specified in the Schedule to the Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916 (7 of 1916), or notified under Section 3 of that Act or specified in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), and includes any person having a certificate granted under any Provincial or State Medical Council Act; (k) "spread-over" means the period between the commencement of duty on any day and the termination of duty on that day; (l) "wages" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (vi) of Section 2 of the Payment of wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936); (m) "week" means the period between midnight on Saturday night and midnight on the.....

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The Factories Act, 1948 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1948

THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948 THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948 ACT NO. 63 OF 1948 1* [23rd September, 1948.] An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories; It is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Factories Act, 1948. 2*[(2) It extends to the whole of India 3***.] (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1949. 2. Interpretation. 2. Interpretation. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "adult" means a person who has completed his fifteenth year of age; (b) "adolescent" means a person who has completed his fifteen year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year; 4*[(bb) "calendar year" means the period of twelve months beginning with the first day of January in any year;] (c) "child" means a person who has not completed his fifteenth year of age; 5*[(ca)] "competent person", in relation to any provision of this Act, means a person or an institution recognized as such by the Chief.....

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Factories Act, 1948 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1948

FACTORIES ACT, 1948 FACTORIES ACT, 1948 63 of 1948 An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories; It is hereby enacted as follows:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Factories Act, 1948. 1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2[***]]. (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1949. SECTION 02: INTERPRETATION In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "adult" means a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age; (b) "adolescent" means a person who has completed his fifteen year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year; 3[( bb) "calendar year" means the period of twelve months beginning with the first day of January in any year;] (c) "child" means a person who has not completed his fifteenth year of age; 4[(ca)"competent person", in relation to any provision of this Act, means a person or an institution recognised as such by the Chief Inspector for the purposes of carrying out tests, examinations and inspections required to be done in a factory under.....

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The Factories Act, 1948 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1948

THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948 THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948 ACT NO. 63 OF 1948 1* [23rd September, 1948.] An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories; It is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Factories Act, 1948. 2*[(2) It extends to the whole of India 3***.] (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1949. 2. Interpretation. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "adult" means a person who has completed his fifteenth year of age; (b) "adolescent" means a person who has completed his fifteen year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year; 4*[(bb) "calendar year" means the period of twelve months beginning with the first day of January in any year;] (c) "child" means a person who has not completed his fifteenth year of age; 5*[(ca)] "competent person", in relation to any provision of this Act, means a person or an institution recognized as such by the Chief Inspector for the purposes of.....

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