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Factories Act, 1948 Section 47

Title: Shelters, Rest Rooms and Lunch Rooms

State: Central

Year: 1948

(1) In every factory wherein more than one hundred and fifty workers are ordinarily employed, adequate and suitable shelters or rest rooms and a suitable lunch room, with provision for drinking water, where workers can eat meals brought by them, shall be provided and maintained for the use of the workers; Provided that any canteen maintained in accordance with the provisions of section 46 shall be regarded as part of the requirements of this sub-section: Provided further that where a lunch room exists no worker shall eat any food in the work room. (2) The shelters or rest rooms or lunch rooms to be provided under sub-section (1) shall be sufficiently lighted aid ventilated and shall be maintained in a cool and clean condition. (3) The State Government may-- (a) prescribe the standards in respect of construction, accommodation, furniture and other equipment of shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms to be provided under this section; (b) by notification in the Offical Gazette, exempt any factory or class or description of factories from the requirements of this section.

Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 Section 9

Title: Rest Rooms

State: Central

Year: 1961

(1) In every place wherein motor transport workers employed in a motor transport undertaking are required to halt at night, there shall be provided and maintained by the employer for the use of those motor transport workers such number of rest rooms or such other suitable alternative accommodation as may be prescribed. (2) The rest rooms or the alternative accommodation to be provided under sub-section (1) shall be sufficiently lighted and ventilated and shall be maintained in a clean and comfortable condition. (3) The State Government may prescribe the standard in respect of construction, accommodation, furniture and other equipment of rest rooms or the alternative accommodation to be provided under this section.

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Section 17

Title: Rest-rooms

State: Central

Year: 1970

(1) In every place where in contract labour is required to halt at night in connection within the work of an establishment (a) to which this Act applies, and (b) in which work requiring employment of contract labour is likely to continue for such period as may be prescribed, there shall be provided and maintained by the contractor for the use of the contract labour such number of rest-rooms or such other suitable alternative accommodation with such time as may be prescribed. (2) The rest-rooms or the alternative accommodation to be provided under subsection (1) shall be sufficiently lighted and ventilated and shall be maintained in clean and comfortable condition.

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 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.....

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....establishment, means a person who undertakes to produce a given result for the establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture to such establishment, through contract labour or who supplies contract labour for any work of the establishment and includes a sub -contractor; (d) "controlled industry" means any industry the control of which by the Union has been declared by any Central Act to be expedient in the public interest; (e) "establishment" means- (i) any office or department of the Government or a local authority, or (ii) any place where any industry, trade, business, manufacture or occupation is carried on; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (g) "principal employer" means- (i) in relation to any office or department of the Government or a local authority, the head of that office or department or such other officer as the Government or the local authority, as the case may be, may specify in this behalf, (ii) in a factory, the owner or occupier of the factory and where a person has been named as the manager of the factory under the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948)-, the person so named, (iii) in a mine, the owner or.....

Factories Act, 1948 Chapter V

Title: Welfare

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....female workers; (c) such facilities shall be conveniently accessible and shall be kept clean. (2) The State Government may, in respect of any factory or class or description of factories or of any manufacturing process, prescribe standards of adequate and suitable facilities for washing. Section 43 - Facilities for storing and drying clothing The State Government may, in respect of any factory or class or description of factories, make rules requiring the provision therein of suitable places for keeping clothing not worn daring working hours and for the drying of wet clothing. Section 44 - Facilities for sitting (1) In every factory suitable arrangements for sitting shall be provided and maintained for all workers obliged to work in a standing position, in order that they may take advantage of any opportunities for rest which may occur in the course of their work. (2) If, in the opinion of the Chief Inspector, the workers in any factory engaged in a particular manufacturing process or working in a particular room are able to do their work efficiently in a sitting position, he may, by order in writing, require the occupier of the factory to provide before a.....

Inter State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1979

.....contractor, agents, employee or otherwise) to produce a given result for the establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture to such establishment, by the employment of workmen or to supply workmen to the establishmment, and includes a sub-contractor, Khatadar, Sardar, agent or any other person, by whatever name called, who recruits or employs workmen; (c) "controlled industry" means any industry the control of which by the Union has been declared by any Central Act to be expedient in the public interest; (d) "establishment" means - (i) any office or department of the Government or a local authority; or (ii) any place where any industry, trade business, manufacture or occupation is carried on; (e) "inter-State migrant workman" means any person who is recruited by or through a contractor in one State under an agreement or other arrangement for employment in an establishment in another State, whether with or without the knowledge of the principal employer in relation to such establishment; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under Act, (g) "principal employer" means,- (i) in relation to any office or department of the Government or a.....

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.....