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 56: Spread over.
    The periods of work of an adult worker in a factory shall be so arranged that inclusive of his intervals for rest under section 55, they shall not spread over more than ten and a half hours in any day:
     Provided that the Chief Inspector may, for reasons to be specified in writing increase the 1[spread over up to twelve hours].
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 94 of 1976, s. 24, for "spread over to twelve hours" (w.e.f. 26-10-1976).
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