2.Section 68 of the Factories Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:-
| (1) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :-
| | "(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Part relating to the hours worked and periods of employment, the pressure of work in any factory may be dealt with by the overtime employment of women and young persons who have attained sixteen years of age but have not attained eighteen years of age : | | |
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| (2) by the repeal of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of that section, and the substitution therefor, of the following paragraph :
| | "(a) the total number of hours worked, including overtime, by a woman or young person, exclusive of intervals allowed for meals and rest, shall not exceed sixty hours in any week. " ; | | |
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| (3)by the insertion immediately alter subsection (2) of that section of the following new subsection :
| | "(2A) An employer shall not engage in overtime
| | | (a) a pregnant woman during her pregnancy ; and |
| (b) a nursing mother, for a period of one year calculated from the date of the birth of the child; and |
| (c) a woman delivered of a still born child, for a period of three months calculated from the date of such still birth, |
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| (4)by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :
| | "(4)the Minister may by regulation -
| | | (a) prohibit or restrict the overtime employment of women or young persons or any class thereof, if it appears that such overtime employment will prejudicially affect the health of such women or young person ; |
| (b)prescribe the conditions to be maintained within the factory including the provision of rest room facilities during the times that a woman or young person is engaged in overtime employment therein ; |
| (c) prescribe the manner of providing transport facilities to women engaged in overtime employment during the night.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts