Factories and Workshops.
Employment of women, young persons and children in industrial undertakings.
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5. No person shall employ any child in any industrial undertaking.
6. No young person shall be suffered to carry any weight which is unreasonably heavy having regard to the age and physical development of such young person, and no young person under the age of sixteen years shall be suffered to carry any load exceeding forty catties in weight.
7. No female, whatever her age, shall be employed on underground work in any mine.
8. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) or, as regards women over the age of eighteen years, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9, no woman or young person shall be employed in any industrial undertaking between the hours of 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.
(2) The Commissioner may in exceptional cases authorize the employment of any woman or young person of sixteen years or over for not more than sixty days in any year between the hours of 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.
G.N.A. 19/48.
9. The Commissioner may, in respect of any specific industrial undertaking, authorize the employment of women over the age of eighteen years between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., subject to the observance of the following conditions:
(a) the undertaking shall be carried on in a factory-type building approved by the Commissioner;
(b) there shall be provided and maintained for the use of all women workers, whose work is done standing, suitable facilities for sitting sufficient to enable them to take advantage of any opportunities for resting which may occur in the course of their employment;
(c) a separate and suitable room shall be provided and equipped for use as a dining and rest room;
(d) the work of all women workers shall be organized in shifts not exceeding 8 hours working time in any day.
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G.N.A. 19/48.