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The Indian Factories Act, 1911, 12 of 1911 (Rep., Act 25 of 1934)

52 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. 0Section 0
  2. IX — .
  3. 11911.] Factories. 163
  4. I — .
  5. 2In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,
  6. IX — .
  7. 3The Local Government may, subject to the control of the Governor General in Council, by special orde
  8. 4This Act shall apply to factories belonging to the Crown
  9. 5Notwithstanding anything in section 22, subsection (1), any person may in the province of Burma be e
  10. 6Section 6
  11. 7The Governor General in Council may, if he thinks fit, exercise any power which is by this Act conferred upon the Local Government
  12. 8Section 8
  13. 9Section 9
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  15. 10If in a factory, in which any process is carried on by which dust or other impurity is generated and
  16. 11(1) Every factory shall be sufficiently lighted
  17. 12(1) In any factory in which humidity of the atmosphere is produced by artificial means, the water us
  18. 13Every factory shall be provided with sufficient and suitable latrine accommodation, and if the Local
  19. 14Section 14
  20. 15In every factory, the construction of which is commenced after the commencement of this Act, the doo
  21. 16(1) Every factory shall be provided with such means of escape in case of fire for the persons employed in the
  22. 17Section 17
  23. 18(1) (a) Every fly-wheel directly connected with a steam-engine, water-wheel or other mechanical powe
  24. 19No woman or child shall be allowed to clean any part of the mill-gearing or machinery of a factory w
  25. 20No woman or child shall be employed in the part of a factory for pressing cotton in which a cotton-opener is at work:
  26. IV — .
  27. 21Section 21
  28. 22(1) No
  29. 23With respect to the employment of children in factories the following provisions shall apply:
  30. 24With respect to the employment of women in factories the following provisions shall apply:
  31. 25No
  32. 27Nothing in section 24 or section 26 shall apply to any woman in any factory for ginning or pressing
  33. V — .
  34. 28No person shall be employed in any textile factory for more than twelve hours in any one day
  35. 29(1) No person shall be employed in any textile factory before half-past five o'clock in the morning or after seven o'clock in the evening
  36. 30(1) Nothing in section 28 or section 29 shall apply to
  37. VI — .
  38. 34When any accident occurs in a factory causing death or bodily injury, whereby the person injured is
  39. 35Section 35
  40. 36(1) There
  41. VII — .
  42. 37Section 37
  43. 42Section 42
  44. 43Section 43
  45. 44Section 44
  46. 45Section 45
  47. 46Section 46
  48. 47Section 47
  49. 48Section 48
  50. 49Section 49
  51. IX — .
  52. 50(1) Any person on whom an order under section 10, section 11, section 12, section 16 or section 18 h
  53. 51(1) In respect of any area in which the hours of the day are not ordinarily reckoned according to lo
  54. 52Section 52
  55. 53The Local Government may, subject to the control of the Governor General in Council, by special orde
  56. 54This Act shall apply to factories belonging to the Crown
  57. 55Notwithstanding anything in section 22, subsection (1), any person may in the province of Burma be e
  58. 56Section 56
  59. 57The
  60. 58Protection to persons acting under Act
  61. 59The Indian Factories Act, 1881, and the Indian Factories Act, 1891, are hereby repealed: