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Transitional provision.

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proceedings before any court 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......

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

(i) that the document is signed by the proprietor of the industrial undertaking or his duly authorized agent; and

(b) the document shall be conclusive evidence

of--

(i) the period of employment fixed by the proprietor for women and young persons in the industrial undertaking and in effect on the 1st day of October 1967; and

(ii) the intervals allowed to such women and young persons for meals or rest fixed by the proprietor and in effect on the 1st day of October 1967.

9A. (1) On the application of the proprietor of any industrial undertaking and subject to such con- ditions or restrictions as he may think fit to impose, the Commissioner may direct that, until the 31st day of May 1970, paragraph (2) shall apply to the indus- trial undertaking.

(2) Where the Commissioner has made a direc- tion under paragraph (1), regulation 9 shall apply in relation to the industrial undertaking as if-

(a) sub-paragraph (a)ii) of paragraph (1) were

replaced by the following--

"(8) in any other case, neither exceed nine in any day nor exceed fifty-four in any week;"; and

(b) sub-paragraph (6)(ii) of paragraph (1) were

replaced by the following-

"(i) 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:"-"

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9. Regulation 11 of the principal regulations is revoked and replaced by the following--

"Overtime employment of women And young persons over

sixteen.

11. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Part relating to hours of work and periods of employ- ment, pressure of work in any industrial undertaking may be dealt with by the overtime employment of women and young persons who have attained the age of sixteen years:

Provided that the overtime employment for the undertaking shall not exceed in the aggregate, calcu- lated in accordance with the provisions of sub-para- graph (b) of paragraph (10), two hundred and forty hours in any year or two hours in any day.

(2) The overtime employment of a woman or young person shall be subject to the following con- ditions-

(a) the total hours worked by the woman or young person shall not exceed ten hours and forty minutes in any day; and

(b) the period of employment for the woman or young person shall not exceed twelve hours and forty minutes in any day and shall not extend outside the hours specified in regula- tion 9 for the beginning and ending of the period of employment except that it may ex- tend to nine o'clock in the evening.

(3) Before employing in any industrial under- taking any woman or young person in overtime on any day, the proprietor thereof shall-

(a) cause a notice containing particulars of the hours of work and the intervals for meals or rest applicable to those women or young persons to be employed overtime to be posted and kept conspicuously posted at a place conveniently accessible to such women or young persons in the industrial under- taking until completion of such overtime; and

(b) if any part of the overtime to be worked will be in excess of the working hours specified in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of regula tion 9, or either earlier or later, as the case may be, than the hours prescribed for the beginning and ending of the period of em- ployment specified in sub-paragraph (6) of

Revocation and replace. ment of regulation 11.

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