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Section 19: Weekly rest

Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961State Act of Bihar · Act 27 of 1961

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules providing for a day of rest in every period of seven days, which shall be allowed to all motor transport workers.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), an employer may, in order to prevent any allocation of a motor transport service, require a motor transport worker to work on any day of rest which is not a holiday so, however, that the motor transport worker does not work for more than ten days consecutively without a holiday for a whole day intervening.

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(3) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply to any motor transport worker whose total period of employment including any day spent on leave is less than six days.

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ActMotor Transport Workers Act, 1961
Section19
Marginal noteWeekly rest
JurisdictionState of Bihar
StatusIn force as published by the source

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