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Factories Act, 1948 Section 73

Title: Register of Child Workers

State: Central

Year: 1948

(1) The manager of every factory in which children are employed shall maintain a register of child workers, to be available to the Inspector at all times during working hours or when any work is being carried on in a factory, showing-- (a) the name of each child worker in the factory, (b) the nature of his work, (c) the group, if any, in which he is included, (d) where his group works on shifts, the relay to which he is allotted, and (e) the number of his certificate of fitness granted under section 69. 1 [(1A) No child worker shall be required or allowed to work in any factory unless his name and other particulars have been entered in the register of child workers.] (2) The State Government may prescribe the form of the register of child workers, the manner in which it shall be maintained and the period for which it shall be preserved. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 94 of 1976, section 30 (w.e.f. 26-10-1976).

Factories Act, 1948 Section 99

Title: Penalty for Permitting Double Employment of Child

State: Central

Year: 1948

If a child works in a factory on any day on which he has already been working in another factory, the parent or guardian of the child or the person having custody of or control over hi m or obtaining any direct benefit from hi s wages, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to1[one thousand rupees], unless it appears to the Court that the child so worked without the consent or connivance of such parent, guardian or person. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 20 of 1987, section 37, for "fifty rupees" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987 ).

Factories Act, 1948 Chapter VII

Title: Employment of Young Persons

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....certificate of fitness, as the case may be, under section 69, or has been certified by the certifying surgeon examining him not to be a young person. Section 76 - Power to make rules The State Government may make rules-- (a) prescribing the forms of certificates of fitness to be granted under section 69, providing for the grant of duplicates in the event of toss of the original certificates, and fixing the fees which may be charged for such certificates and renewals thereof and such duplicates; (b) prescribing the physical standards to be attained by children and adolescents working in factories; (c) regulating the procedure of certifying surgeons under this Chapter; (d) specifying other duties which certifying surgeons may be required to perform in connection with the employment of young persons in factories, and fixing the fees which may be charged for such duties and the persons by whom they shall be payable. Section 77 - Certain other provisions of law not barred The provisions of this Chapter shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of the Employment of Children Act, 1938 (26 of 1938).

Factories Act, 1948 Section 71

Title: Working Hours for Children

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....the purpose of this sub-section "night" shall mean a period of at least twelve consecutive hours which shall include the interval between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M.] (2) The period of work of all children employed in a factory shall be limited to two shifts which shall not overlap or spread over more than five hours each; and each child shall be employed in only one of the relays which shall not, except with the previous permission in writing of the Chief Inspector, be changed more frequently than once in a period of thirty days. (3) The provisions of section 52 shall apply also to child workers and no exemption from the provisions of that section may be granted in respect of any child. (4) No child shall be required or allowed to work in any factory on any day on which he has already been working in another factory. 2 [(5) No female child shall be required or allowed to work in any factory except between 8 A.M. and 7 P.M.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1954, section 19, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 7-5-1954). 2. Inserted by Act 20 of 1987, section 23 (w.e.f. 1-12-1987).

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.....

Factories Act, 1948 Chapter X

Title: Penalties and Procedure

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....or permanent injury to, any limb or the permanent loss of, or injury to, sight or hearing, or the fracture of any bone, but shall not include, the fracture of bone or joint (not being fracture of more than one bone or joint) of any phalanges of the hand or foot.] _______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 20 of 1987, section 30, for "three months" (w.e.f. 1-12-1998). 2. Substituted by Act 20 of 1987, section30, for "two thousand rupees" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 3. Substituted by Act 20 of 1987, section 30, for "seventy-five rupees" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 4. Inserted by Act 94 of 1976, section 40 (w.e.f. 26-10-1976). 5. Substituted by Act 20 of 1987, section 30, for "one thousand rupees" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 6. Substituted by Act 20 of 1987, section 30, for "five hundred rupees" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). Section 93 - Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstances 1 [93. Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstances (1) Where in any premises separate buildings are leased to different occupiers for use as separate factories, the owner of the premises shall be responsible for the provision and maintenance of common facilities and services, such as approach.....

EMPLOYEES' STATE INSURANCE ACT, 1948 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....does not include an individual manager subordinate to an employer; 15[(14AA) "manufacturing process" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948);] (14B) "miscarriage" means expulsion of the contents of a pregnant uterus at any period prior to or during the twenty-sixth week of pregnancy but does not include any miscarriage, the causing of which is punishable under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860);] (15) "occupier" of the factory shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Factories Act, 16[1948 (63 of 1948)]; 4[(15A) "permanent partial disablement" means such disablement of a permanent nature, as reduces the earning capacity of an employee in every employment which he was capable of undertaking at the time of the accident resulting in the disablement: Provided that every injury specified in Part II of the Second Schedule shall be deemed to result in permanent partial disablement; (15B) "permanent total disablement" means such disablement of a permanent nature as incapacitates an employee for all work which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident in such disablement: Provided that permanent total disablement shall.....

EMPLOYEES' STATE INSURANCE ACT, 1948 Chapter I

Title: PRELIMINARY

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....to be governed by this Act notwithstanding that the number of persons employed therein at any time falls below the limit specified by or under this Act or the manufacturing process therein ceases to be carried on with the aid of power.] ___________________ 1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" which were subs. for "except Part B States" by Act 53 of 1951, sec. 2, have been omitted by Act 51 of 1970, sec. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-9-1971). 2. Subs. by Act 53 of 1951, sec. 2, for "for different States" (w.e.f. 6-10-1951). 3. Ins. by Act 29 of 1989, sec. 2(i) (w.e.f. 20-10-1989). 4. Subs. by Act 53 of 1951, sec. 2, for "with the approval of the Central Government" (w.e.f. 6-10-1951). 5. Ins. by Act 29 of 1989, sec. 2(ii) (w.e.f. 16-5-1990). 6. Substituted by the Employees' State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2010 w.e.f. 01.06.2010 for the following :- "six months'" Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (1) "appropriate Government" means, in respect of establishments under the control of the Central Government or 1[a railway administration] or a major port or a mine or oilfield,.....

EMPLOYEES' STATE INSURANCE ACT, 1948 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....to be overned by this Act notwithstanding that the number of persons employed therein at any time falls below the limit specified by or under this Act or the manufacturing process therein ceases to be carried on with the aid of power.] SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or con- text- (1) "appropriate Government" means, in respect of establishment under the control of the Central Government or9[a railway administration] or a major port or a mine or oilfield, the Central Government, and in all other cases, the [State] Government; (2)11[***] (3) "confinement" means labour resulting in the issue of a living child, or labour after twenty six weeks of pregnancy resulting in the issue of a child whether alive or dead; (4) "contribution" means the sum of money payable to the Corporation by the principal employer in respect of an employee and includes any amount payable by or on behalf of the employee in accordance with the provisions of this Act; (5)12[***] (6) "Corporation" means the Employees State Insurance Corporation set up under this Act ; 13[(6A) "dependant" means any of the following relatives of a deceased insured person,.....

The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....in the subject or context, 3 [(a) "adult", "adolescent" and "child" have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (b) "appropriate Government" means (i) in relation to any scheduled employment carried on by or under the authority of the 4 [Central Government or a railway administration] or in relation to a mine, oil field or major port, or any corporation established by 5 [a Central Act, the Central Government; and (ii) in relation to any other scheduled employment the 6 [State Government; (c) "competent authority" means the authority appointed by the appropriate Government by notification in its Official Gazette to ascertain from time to time the cost of living index number applicable to the employees employed in the scheduled employments specified in such notification; (d) "cost of living index number" in relation to employees in any scheduled employment in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed, means the index number ascertained and declared by the competent authority by notification in Official Gazette to be the cost of living index number applicable to employees in such employment; (e).....