Section 27: Prohibition of employment of women and children near cotton-openers

The Factories Act(CENTRAL ACT)State Act of Tamil Nadu · 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 is situated.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Factories Act(CENTRAL ACT)
Section	27
Marginal note	Prohibition of employment of women and children near cotton-openers
Jurisdiction	State of Tamil Nadu
Status	In force as published by the source

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