Section:27 :Prohibition Of Women And Children Near Cotton Openers.
Obligation : To employ woman or child for pressing cotton only if proper safeguards are adhered to.
Type:Preventive Compliance
Frequency: Monthly
Action to be taken:
Ensure that a woman or child is employed near cotton openers only if the feed-end of the cotton opener is in a room separated from the delivery end by a partition
Audit Requirement: Are women and children employed at cotton openers ? If so, does an adequate partition exist between the feed end and the delivery end ?
Supporting Documents: Details of such processes and safety measures at the workplace
Related Sections:
Factories Act, 1948 Chapter:Chapter IV - Safety|27:Prohibition if employment of women and children near cotton openers:
No woman or child shall be employed in any part a factory for pressing cotton in which a cotton-opener is at work: Prohibition that it the feed-end of a cotton-opener is in a room separated from the delivery end by a partition extending to the roof or to such height as the Inspector may in any particular case specify in writing, women and children may be employed on the side of the partition where the feed-end is situated.
Factories Act, 1948 
