Section 55:
Intervals for rest.
1[(1)] 2[The periods of work] of adult workers in a factory each day shall be
so fixed that no period shall exceed five hours and that no worker shall work for more than five hours
before he has had an interval for rest of at least half an hour.
3[(2) The State Government or, subject to the control of the State Government, the Chief Inspector,
may, by written order and for the reasons specified therein, exempt any factory from the provisions of
sub-section (1) so, however, that the total number of hours worked by a worker without an interval does
not exceed six.]
Notes:
1. Section 55 renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section by s. 11, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-5-1954).
2. Subs. by Act 40 of 1949, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "The period" (w.e.f. 1-5-1949).
3. Added by Act 25 of 1954, s. 11 (w.e.f. 7-5-1954).