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Section 7: Daily and weekly hours

The Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1961State Act of Karnataka · Act 8 of 1962

(1) No employee in any establishment shall be required or allowed to work for more than nine hours on any day and forty-eight hours in any week:

Provided that the total number of hours of work including overtime shall not exceed ten hours in any day except on days of stock-taking and preparation of accounts:

Provided further that the total number of overtime hours worked by an employee does not exceed fifty in a period of three continuous months.

(2) No young person 1[x x x]1 shall be allowed to work in any establishment for more than five hours in a day.

1. Omitted by Act 25 of 1997 w.e.f. 12.2.1998.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1961
Section7
Marginal noteDaily and weekly hours
JurisdictionState of Karnataka
StatusIn force as published by the source

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