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Employment Of Women, Young Persons, And Children Act (No. 47 of 1956) - Sect 2

Restrictions on night work in industrial undertakings. {[ 2, 43 of 1964.]}

2.
(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, no person shall employ at any time during the night-
(a) a woman, or
(b) a person under the age of eighteen years,
(2) If a person is employed in contravention of subsection (1) of this section, the employer and any person (other than the person employed) to whose act or default the contravention is attributable shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding six months or both such fine and such imprisonment.

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