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Section 55: Intervals for rest

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

2[(1) 3[The periods of work] of adult workers in a factory each day shall be so fixed that no period shall exceed five hours and that no worker shall work for more than five hours before he has had an interval for rest of at half an hour.

1 Proviso added by Act 25 of 1954.

2 S.55 renumbered as sub-sec.(1) by Act 25 of 1954.

3 Subs. for “The period” by Act 40 of 1949 34 The Factories Act, 1948 Sec. 56 1[(2) The State Government or, subject to the control of the State Government, the Chief Inspector, may, by written order and for the reasons specified therein, exempt any factory from the provisions of sub- section (1) so however that the total number of hours worked by a worker without an interval does not exceed six.]

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ActThe Factories Act, 1948
Section55
Marginal noteIntervals for rest
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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