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Amendment of

regulation 45.

Revocation and replace. ment of

regulations 9

and JA.

5.

for the beginning and ending of the period

of employment specified in sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph.".

Regulation 45 of the principal regulations is amended by deleting "regulation 9(1)" from paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the following-

"regulation 9(1) or (3)".

6. Regulations 9 and 9A of the principal regulations are revoked and replaced by the following-

"General conditions as to hours of employ ment of

women and

young persons.

9. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, no proprietor shall employ any woman or young per- son 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 con- form to the following conditions, namely-

(a) the total hours worked shall-

(i) in the case of any young person under the age of sixteen, neither exceed eight in any day nor exceed forty-eight in any week;

or

(ii) in any other case, neither exceed nine in any day nor exceed fifty-four in any week; (b) the period of employment shall-

(i) in the case of any young person under the age of sixteen, not exceed nine hours in any day and shall neither begin earlier than six o'clock in the morning nor end later than seven o'clock in the evening; and

() in any other case, not exceed eleven hours in any day and shall neither begin earlier than six o'clock in the morning nor end later than eight o'clock in the evening; (c) no woman or young person shall be required or permitted to work continuously for a spell of more than five hours without thereafter an interval of not less than half an hour for a meal or rest:

Provided that in the case of any young person under the age of sixteen years such interval shall not be less than one hour; (d) except with the permission in writing of the Commissioner, the period of employment

and the intervals allowed for meals and rest in accordance with the provisions of this regulation shall be the same for all women and young persons employed in such in- dustrial undertaking, except in the case of young persons who have not attained the age of sixteen years;

(e) no woman or young person shall be required or permitted to work during any such in- terval allowed for meals or rest.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, employ- ment shall be deemed to be continuous unless inter- rupted by an interval of at least half an hour, or, in the case of young persons under the age of sixteen, one hour.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the pro- prietor of an industrial undertaking shall not, without the consent in writing of the Commissioner-

(a) increase the period of employment of women and young persons in the industrial under- taking beyound the period of employment fixed for such women and young persons in a notice posted under paragraph (1) of regulation 10 and in effect on the 1st day of October 1967; or

(b) reduce the intervals for meals or Test allowed to such women and young persons below the intervals fixed in a notice posted under paragraph (1) of regulation 10 and in effect on the 1st day of October 1967.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), any docu- ment purporting to be a copy of a notice posted under paragraph (1) of regulation 10 and in effect on the 1st day of October 1967 and purporting to be signed by the proprietor of an industrial undertaking or his duly authorized agent shall be admitted in evidence in pro- ceedings before any count on its production by a public officer without further proof, and-

(a) until the contrary is proved, the court before which such document is produced shall presume-

() that the document is a true copy of a notice posted under paragraph (1) of regula- tion 10 and in effect on the 1st day of October 1967; and