Section 29

Special provisions.

The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966

  • Act 32 of 1966
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment
About this Act

An Act to provide for the welfare of the workers in beedi and cigar establishments and to regulate the conditions of their work and for matters connected therewith.

All sections
    (1) The State Government may permit the wetting or cutting of beedi or tobacco leaves by employees outside the industrial permises on an application made to it by the employer on behalf of such employees.
     (2) The employer shall maintain in the prescribed form a record of the work permitted under sub-section (1) to be carried on outside the industrial premises.
     (3) Save as otherwise provided in this section, no employer shall require or allow any manufacturing process connected with the making of beedi or cigar or both to be carried on outside the industrial premises:
     Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any labour who is given raw material by an employer or a contractor for being made into beedi or cigar or both at home.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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