The Factories Act, 1948, 63 of 1948 (Rep., Act 37 of 2020) · V — WELFABE

Section 57. Night shifts

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

57. Night shifts.--Where a worker in a faeto~y works on a shlft I\-hich eitends 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 follonring day for him shall be deemed to be the period of t\.i>enty-four hgti'rs beginning \vhea such shift ends, and the hcurs he has worked aftej midnight shall be counted in the previous day.

Source: India Code