Section 57

Night shifts.

The Factories Act, 1948

  • Act 63 of 1948
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories.

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    Where a worker in a factory works on a shift which extends beyond midnight,--
         (a) for the purposes of sections 52 and 53, a holiday for a whole day shall mean in his case a period of twenty-four consecutive hours beginning when his shift ends;
         (b) the following day for him shall be deemed to be the period of twenty-four hours beginning when such shift ends, and the hours he has worked after midnight shall be counted in the previous day.

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