(l) Latrines shall be provided in every establishment on the following scale, namely:—
(a) Where females are employed, there shall be at least one latrine for every 25 females;
(b) Where males are employed, there shall be at least one latrine for every 25 males:
Provided that where the number of males or females exceed 100, it shall be sufficient if there is one latrine for 25 males or females, as the case may be, up to the first 100, and one for every 30 thereafter.
(2) Every latrine shall be under cover and so partitioned off as to secure privacy, and shall have a proper door and fastenings.
(3) (i) Where workers of both sexes are employed there shall be displayed outside each block of latrine and urinal a notice in the language understood by the majority of the workers ‘For Men Only’ or ‘For Women Only’, as the case may be
(ii) The notice shall also bear the figure of a man or of a woman, as the case may be;
(4) There shall be atleast one urinal for male workers upto fifty and one for female upto fifty employed at a time:
Provided that where the number of male or female workmen, as the case may be, exceeds 500 it shall be sufficient if there is one urinal for every fifty females up to the first 500 and one for every 100 or part thereof thereafter.
(5) The latrines and urinals shall be conveniently situated for access to workers at all times at the establishment.
(6) (i) The latrines and urinals shall be adequately lighted and shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all times.
(ii) Latrines and urinals other than those connected with a flush sewerage system shall comply with the requirements of the public health authorities.
(7) Water shall be provided by the means of tap or otherwise so as to be con-veniently accessible in or near the latrine and urinals.