Act Number: 63

Act Name: The Factories Act, 1948

Year: 1948

Enactment Date: 1948-09-23

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

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 3: References to time of day.
    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 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 factories situated in the area.
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