Section 3
Reference to time of day.
The Plantations Labour Act, 1951
About this Act
An Act to provide for the welfare of labour, and to regulate the conditions of work, in plantations.
In this Act, references to time of day are references to Indian Standard
Time being five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time:
Provided that for any area in which the Indian Standard Time is not ordinarily observed, the State Government may make rules--
(a) specifying the area;
(b) defining the local mean time ordinarily observed therein; and
(c) permitting such time to be observed in all or any of the plantations situated in that area.
Provided that for any area in which the Indian Standard Time is not ordinarily observed, the State Government may make rules--
(a) specifying the area;
(b) defining the local mean time ordinarily observed therein; and
(c) permitting such time to be observed in all or any of the plantations situated in that area.