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Section 5: Power to exempt during public emergency

The Factory Act , 1948State Act of Punjab · Act 63 of 1948

In any case of public emergency the 5[State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt any factory or class or description of factories from all or any of the provisions of this Act 6[except section 67] for such period and subject to such conditions as it may think fit:

Provided that no such notification shall be made for a period exceeding three months at a time.

7[Explanation.- For the purposes of this section “public emergency” means a grave emergency whereby the security of India or any part of the territory thereof is threatened, whether by war or external aggression or internal disturbance.]

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ActThe Factory Act , 1948
Section5
Marginal notePower to exempt during public emergency
JurisdictionState of Punjab
StatusIn force as published by the source

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