Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
(Schedule II. Part A. Part B.)
SCHEDULE II.
(See section 22.)
PART A.
[See section 22 (3), (4).]
PART C.
[See section 21 (2), (3).]
FACTORIES WHICH BY REASON OF THE EXIGENCIES OR THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE TRADE CARRIED ON THEREIN REQUIRE AN UNINTERRUPTED WORKING DAY, NAMELY:—
- Flour mills.
- Rice mills.
- Letter-press printing works.
- Dairies.
- Bakeries.
- Ice factories.
- The mints.
- Gas works.
- Air-compressor stations.
- Water works or water-supply pumping stations.
SCHEDULE
1911.] Factories. 163
(Schedule II. Part A. Part B.)
SCHEDULE II.
(See section 22.)
PART A.
[See section 22 (3), (4).]
WORK NECESSITATING CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION FOR TECHNICAL REASONS IN THE FOLLOWING FACTORIES, NAMELY:—
- Tanneries.
- Sugar refineries.
- Breweries.
- Distilleries.
- Oil refineries.
- Cement works.
- Carbonic acid gas works.
- Chemical works.
- Glass works.
- Shellac factories.
- Potteries.
- Blast furnaces, ore smelting works, or works for the manufacture of iron or steel or other metals.
PART B.
[See section 22 (3), (4).]
FACTORIES WHICH SUPPLY THE PUBLIC WITH ARTICLES OF PRIME NECESSITY WHICH MUST BE MADE OR SUPPLIED EVERY DAY, NAMELY:—
- Ice factories.
- Dairies.
- Bakeries.
- Gas works.
- Air-compressor stations.
- Water works or water-supply pumping stations.
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CHAPTER I.
PRELIMINARY.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Factories Act, 1911.
*Short title, commencement and extent.*
(2) It shall come into force on the first day of July 1912; and
(3) It extends to the whole of British India, including British Baluchistan and the Sonthal Parganas.
Source: India Code