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ATTACHMENT III

Night Work for Women Singapore

Section 48 of the Employment Act, 1968, Republic

of Singapore reads as follows :

"1.

2.

3.

Except as provided in subsection (4) of this

section, no female workman shall be employed

in any kind of labour during the night or any

part thereof (

4.

No child or young person shall be employed

as a workman during the night or any part

thereof.

For the purpose of this section, "night"

means a period of not less than eleven con- secutive hours including the interval between

eleven o'clock in the evening and six o'clock

in the morning or such other interval of seven

hours as the Minister may in respect of female

workman and young persons prescribe by notifi-

cation in the Gazette for any particular in-

dustrial undertaking or branch thereof or any

kind of labour.

The Minister may, by notification in the

Gazette exempt the employment of female

workmen in any particular industry or in

any kind of labour from the provisions of

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