Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
20. No woman or child shall be employed in the part of a factory for pressing cotton in which a cotton-opener is at work:
Provided that, if the feed-end of a cotton-opener is in a room separated from the delivery-end by a partition extending from the floor to the roof women and children may be employed in the room in which the feed-end is situated.
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20. Prohibition of employment of women and children where cotton-openers are at work.
CHAPTER IV.
HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT AND HOLIDAYS.
21. Periodical stoppage of work.
22. Weekly holiday.
23. Employment of children.
24. Employment of women.
25. Prohibition of employment of woman or child in two factories on same day.
26. Hours of employment of women and children to be fixed.
27. Exception to provisions relating to employment of women.
CHAPTER V.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR TEXTILE FACTORIES.
28. Limitation of hours of work.
29. Limits between which a person may be employed.
30. Exceptions from sections 28 and 29.
31. Limit of use of machinery.
32. Limitation of hours of children.
CHAPTER VI.
NOTICES AND REGISTERS.
33. Person occupying factory to give notice.
34. Notice to be given of accident.
35. Register of children.
36. Affixing of abstract and notices.
CHAPTER VII.
RULES.
37. Power to make rules.
38. Returns.
39. Prior
Factories.
[ACT XII
SECTIONS.
39. Prior publication of rules.
40. Commencement of rules.
CHAPTER VIII.
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE.
41. Penalties.
42. Exemption of occupier or manager from liability in certain cases.
43. Penalties for certain offences.
44. Using false certificate.
45. Limit to penalty in case of repetition of offence.
46. Presumption as to employment.
47. Evidence as to age.
48. Cognizance of offences.
49. Limitation of prosecutions.
CHAPTER IX.
SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS.
50. Appeals.
51. Special provision regarding computation of time.
52. Computation of hours of employment.
53. Power to declare parts of a factory to be separate factories.
54. Application to Crown factories.
55. Special provision for Burma for employment on Sunday.
56. Power to exempt from Act.
57. Exercise of powers by Governor General in Council.
Source: India Code