(1) The Chief Inspector may, on written application from an employer, subject to such conditions and for such period as he may think fit, permit motor transport workers who are engaged in the running of any motor transport service,
(i) on any route of120 kilometres or more; or
(ii) on such festive or other occasions as may be notified by the Chief Inspector in the Official Gazette to work for more than 8 hours in a day or 48 hours in a week but in no case more than 10 hours in a day or 54 hours in a week as the case may be.
(2) The authority competent to accord approval for the employer requiring or allowing any such motor transport worker as is referred to in the first proviso to section 13 to work for more than the hours of work specified in that section shall be the Inspector.
1Subs. by G.O. Ms. No. 389, Labour and Employment, dated the 17th May, 1977.
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(3) In any case referred to in the second proviso to section 13, an employer shall not require or allow any motor transport worker to work for more than sixteen hours in any day and seventy-two hours in any week nor shall any such motor transport worker be required or allowed to work for more than the hours of work specified in section 13 unless he had at least eight consecutive hours of rest between the termination of duty and commencement of the next duty.