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Statutory provisions relating to

night work for women and young peronu

Appendix III

INDONESIA

Ordinance of 1925 (Dutch) on Limiting

Child and Nightwork for Women

Article 1

A child under fourteen years of age may not perform work between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. in or for any undertaking.

Article 3

A woman may not perform work between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless such is permitted under a decision of the Governor-General, generally for certain undertakings and for specific factories, workplaces or plantations, having regard to their special business requirements.

ACT NO. 1 of 1951 ARTICLE I

Article 4

·(1)

Young persons shall not be permitted to perform work during night time.

(2) Exceptions to the. prohibition in (1) above may be

permitted where the employment of young persons

during night time cannot be avoided for reasons of public interest or welfare.

(3) The exceptions in (2) above shall be specified

in a Government Regulation together with the conditions to protect the health of these young employees.

Article 7 (This Article has not yet been brought into force)

(1) Women shall not be permitted to perform work"

during the night unless this work according to its nature, place and condition, is suitable for women.

(2) Exceptions to the prohibition in (1) above may

be permitted where the employment of women during night time cannot be avoided for reasons of public interest and welfare.

(3) A Government Regulation shall lay down the exceptions

in (2) above together with the conditions to protect the health and morality of female employees.