Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1977
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Restriction on the employment of young persons at night. |
14.—(1) An employer shall neither permit a young person to do any work at any time between the hour of 10 p.m. on any day and the hour of 6 a.m. on the following day nor permit a young person to do any work until the expiration of twelve hours from the time at which he ceased to do work on the previous day. | |
(2) This section shall not apply to an employee who is employed by an employer to do industrial work within the meaning of section 3 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1936 (as amended by section 2 of the Conditions of Employment Act, 1944 ). | ||
(3) An employer who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence. |