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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.....

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.....

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.....

Factories Act, 1948 Chapter VI

Title: Working Hours of Adults

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....week. Section 53 - Compensatory holidays (1) Where, as a result of the passing of an order or the making of a rule under the provisions of this Act exempting a factory or the workers therein from the provisions of section 52, a worker is deprived of any of the weekly holidays for which provision is made in sub-section (1) of that section, he shall be allowed, within the month in which the holidays were due to him or within the two months immediately following that month, compensatory holidays of equal number to the holidays so lost. (2) The State Government may prescribe the manner in which the holidays for which provision is made in sub-section (1) shall be allowed. Section 54 - Daily hours Subject to the provisions of section 51, not adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in a factory for more than nine hours in any day: 1[Provided that, subject to the previous approval of the Chief Inspector, the daily maximum specified in this section may be exceeded in order to facilitate the change of shifts.] _____________________ 1. Added by Act 25 of 1954, section 10 (w.e.f. 7-5-1954). Section 55 - Intervals for rest 1[(1)]2[The periods of work] of adult.....

Factories Act, 1948 Section 61

Title: Notice of Periods of Work for Adults

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....not be working in contravention of any of the provisions of sections 51 , 52 , 54 ,1[ 55 , 56 and 58 ]. ( 3 ) Where all the adult workers in a factory are required to work during the same periods, the manager of the factory shall fix those periods for such workers generally. ( 4 ) Where all the adult workers in a factory are not required to work during the same periods, the manager of the factory shall classify them into groups according to the nature of their work indicating the number of workers in each group. ( 5 ) For each group which is not required to work on a system of shifts, the manager of the factory shall fix the periods during which the group may be required to work. ( 6 ) Where any group is required to work on a system of shifts and the relays ar e not to be subject to predetermined periodical changes of shifts, the manager of the factory shall fix the periods during which each relay of the group may be required to work. ( 7 ) Where any group is to work on a system of shifts and the relays ar e to be subject to predetermined periodical changes of shifts, the manager of the factory shall draw up a scheme of shifts where under the periods during which.....

Factories Act, 1948 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1948

(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. ____________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for the former sub-section. 2. The words "except the state of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, section 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971). Section 2 - 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 fifteenth year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year; 1 [(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; 2 [(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 inspection required to be done in a factory under the provisions of this Act having regard to- (i) the qualifications and.....

Factories Act, 1948 Section 2

Title: Interpretation

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....available for hire,-- (1) the owner of the dock shall be deemed to be the occupier for the purposes of any matter provided for by or under: (a) section 6, section 7, 16 [section 7A, section 7B,] section 11 or section 12; (b) section 17, in so far as it relates to the providing and maintenance of sufficient and suitable lighting in or around the dock; (c) section 18, section 19, section 42, section 46, section 47 or section 49, in relation to the workers employed on such repair or maintenance; (2) the owner of the ship or his agent or master or other officer-in-charge of the ship or any person who contracts with such owner, agent or master or other officer-in-charge to carry out the repair or maintenance work shall be deemed to be the occupier for the purposes of any matter provided for by or under section 13, section 14, section 16 or section 17 (save as otherwise provided in this proviso) or Chapter IV (except section 27) or section 43, section 44 or section 45, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII or Chapter IX or section 108, section 109 or section 110, in relation to-- (a) the workers employed directly by him, or by or through any agency; and (b) the.....

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 58

Title: Prohibition of Overlapping Shifts

State: Central

Year: 1948

( 1 ) Work shall not be carried on in any factory by me ans of a system of shifts so arranged that more than one relay of workers is engaged in work of the same kind at the same time. 1[( 2 ) The S t ate Government or subject to the control of the State Government, the Chief Inspector, may, by written order and for the reasons specified therein, exempt on such conditions as may be deemed expedient, any factory or class or description of factories or any department or section of a factory or any category or description of workers therein from the provisions of sub-section ( 1 ) . ] ____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1954, section 12 for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 7-5-1954).

Factories Act, 1948 Section 62

Title: Register of Adult Workers

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....a register of adult workers, to be available to the Inspector at all times during working hours, or when any work is being carried on in the factory, showing-- (a) the name of each adult worker in the factory; (b) the nature of hi s 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; (e) such other particulars as may be prescribed : Provided that, if the Inspector is of opinion that any muster roll or register maintained as part of the routine of a factory gives in respect of any or all the workers in the factory the particulars required under this section, he may, by order in writing, direct that such muster roll or register shall to the corresponding extent be maintained in place of, and be treated as t he register of adult workers in that factory. 1[( 1 A) No adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in any factory unless hi s name and other particulars have been entered in the register of adult workers.] ( 2 ) The State Government may prescribe the form of the register of adult workers, t he manner in which it shall be maintained and the period for which it shall be.....