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Section 27: Prohibition of employment of women and children near cottonopeners

The Factories Act, 1948State Act of Maharashtra · Act 63 of 1948

No woman or child shall be employed in any part of a factory for pressing cotton in which a cotton-opener is at work:

Provided that if the feed-end of a cotton-opener is in a room separated from the delivery end by a partition extending to the roof or to such height as the Inspector may in any particular case specify in writing, women and children may be employed on the side of the partition where the feed-end in situated.

1 Ins. by Act 94 of 1976 (w.e.f. 26.10.1976.)

2 Subs. by Act 20 of 1987 (w.e.f. 1.12.1987).

3 Subs. for “sub-sec.(1)” by Act 25 of 1954 4 Sub-sec.(3) sub. by Act 25 of 1954.

20 The Factories Act, 1948 Sec. 28

Where this provision sits

ActThe Factories Act, 1948
Section27
Marginal noteProhibition of employment of women and children near cottonopeners
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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