7. The following new sections are hereby inserted, immediately after section 12, and shall have effect as section 12A and section 12B, of the principal enactment : -
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| | (1) The employer of more than a prescribed number of women workers in any mine, estate, factory or prescribed establishment shall establish and maintain, in accordance with regulations made in that behalf, a creche for children under six years of age, and shall allow any such worker who has in her care a child or children under six years of age, to leave such child or children in such creche during the hours when she is required to work for her employer. | | |
| | (2) The prescribed number for the purposes of subsection (1) may differ in respect of different classes of mines, estates, factories or prescribed establishments. | | |
| | (3) Regulations may be made for the purpose of securing the proper maintenance and admnistration of creches provided under this section, and generally for securing the health, safety and proper care of the children in such creches. | | |
| | (4) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (3), regulations may be made prescribing the conditions which shall be complied with in relation to creches provided under this section, including conditions as to-
| | | (a) the situaton, construction, maintenance and cleanliness of such creches ; |
| (b) the minimum size of the wards or rooms of such creches and the minimum floor space therein which shall be allowed for each child ; |
| (c) the provision of adequate washing, latrine and other facilties for those using such creches ; and |
| (d) the equipment and staff of such creches. |
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| 12B. The employer of a woman worker in any mine, estate, factory or prescribed establishment shall, if she Is nursing a child under one year of age, allow her, in any period of nine hours, two nursing intervals at such time as she may require. Each nursing interval shall, where a creche or other suitable place is provided by such employer to such worker for nursing such child, be not less than thirty minutes, and, where no creche or other suitable place Is so provided, be not less than one hour, and shall be in addition to any interval provided to such worker for meals or rest under any written law and be regarded, for all the purposes of her employment, as time during which she has worked in her employment.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts