Section 12: Daily and weekly hours of work in shops

The Puducherry Shops and Establishments Act, 1964Union territory Act of Puducherry · Act 9 of 1964

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person employed in any shop shall be required or allowed to work therein for more than eight hours in any day and forty-eight hours in any week;

Provided that any such person may be allowed to work in such shop for any period in excess of limit fixed under this sub-section subject to payment of overtime wages, if the period of work including overtime work, does not exceed ten hours in any day and in the aggregate fifty-four hours in any week.

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(2) No person employed in any shop shall be required or allowed to work therein for more than four hours in any day unless he has had an interval for rest of at least one hour.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Puducherry Shops and Establishments Act, 1964
Section	12
Marginal note	Daily and weekly hours of work in shops
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Puducherry
Status	In force as published by the source

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