Clause 49

Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, no female workman shall be employed in any kind of labour during the night or any part thereof.

No child or young person shall be employed as a workman during the night or any part thereof.

For the purpose of this section, “night” means a period of not less than eleven consecutive hours including the interval between eleven o’clock in the evening and six o’clock in the morning or such other interval of seven hours as the Minister may in respect of female workmen and young persons prescribe by notification in the Gazette for any particular industrial undertaking or branch thereof or any kind of labour.

The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, exempt the employment of female workmen in any particular industry or in any industrial undertaking or any branch thereof or in any kind of labour from the provisions of subsection (1) of this section where he is satisfied, on an application made to him in that behalf, that it is desirable in the public interest to do so for the purpose of maintaining or increasing the efficiency of industry.