General conditions
as to hours
of
employment
of women
and young persons.
3. (1) Subject to these regulations, no employer
shall employ any woman or young person in any industrial
undertaking unless the working hours, the period of
employment and the intervals for meals and rest for such
woman or young person conform to the following conditions,
namely
(a) the total hours worked shall neither exceed
& in any day nor exceed 40 in any week;
(b) the period of employment shall -
(c)
(i)
in the case of a young person under the
age of 16, not exceed 9 hours in any day and
shall neither begin earlier than 7 a.m. nor end
later than 7 p.m.;
(ii) in the case of a young person who has
attained the age of 16, not exceed 10 hours
in any day and shall neither begin earlier
than 7 a.m. nor end later than 7 p.m.; and
(iii) in the case of a woman, not exceed 10 hours
in any day and shall neither begin earlier than
6 a.m. nor end later than S p.m.;
no woman.or young person shall be required or
permitted to work continuously for a spell of
more than 5 hours without thereafter an interval