CO129-567-10 Companies Amendment Ordinance- draft bill 15-9-1938 - 28-9-1938 — Page 267

(g) date of birth of child, or, if date cannot be

some given date;

(h) address of child;

(i) name of parent or guardian;

(1) nature of employment;

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(k) actual hours of work for every day on which the c.

(3) Every such record shall be entered up promptly and accur

6. No child shall be allowed to work in any undertaking for a period seven hours (excluding a minimum continuous period of one hour's rest to be simultaneously by all the children employed) in any period of twenty-four hours.

7. No child shall be allowed to work in any undertaking for more than four hours continuously.

8. Every woman and child employed in any undertaking shall be allowed one day's rest in every seven days.

9. No child shall be employed in any undertaking between the hours of six post meridiem and six ante meridiem.

10. No woman shall be employed in any industrial undertaking between the hours of ten post meridiem and five ante meridiem or during a period of eleven consecutive hours including those hours:

Provided that this prohibition shall not apply where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Court during any proceedings under the Ordinance that the employment of the woman complained of was due to a cause beyond control bringing about an interruption of work which it was impossible to foresee, or where the work has to do with raw materials subject to rapid deterioration, and such work is necessary to preserve the materials from certain loss.

11. The person in charge of any premises in which the employment of any child would be illegal, shall prevent the entry of any such child to such premises :

Provided that this rule shall not apply to the entry of children into shops to purchase goods.

12. The owner of any undertaking in which any woman or child is employed shall cause to be posted in some conspicuous place at or near the place of employment of such woman or child a notice in English and in Arabic or Hebrew setting out the provisions of this Ordinance.

OBJECTS AND REASONS.

This Ordinance repeals and re-enacts the Industrial Employment of Women and Children Ordinance, 1927, and incorporates various changes in accordance with the recommendations of the Labour Legislation Committee. The main change is the extension of the Ordinance to embrace undertakings of a non-industrial nature, which involves an alteration of the title of the Ordinance, and a definition of "undertaking" to include industrial undertakings and also shops, hotels, restaurants, and places of public entertainment. The High Commissioner's rule making powers have been enlarged to cover the regulation of conditions of health, overcrowding and sanitation, and inspectors have been empowered to medically examine employed children. Penalties are imposed upon parents allowing chidren to be employed in contravention of the provisions of the Ordinance.