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Factories Act

Section:70 :Hours Of Work For Adolescents

Obligation : Not to allow any adolescent male or female to work beyond the prescribed timings

Type:Preventive Compliance Frequency: Monthly

Action to be taken:
No female or male adolescent not having attained the age of 17 years but having been granted a certificate of fitness should be allowed to work except between 6 a.m and 7 p.m. The state government may vary the limits, but the no female adolescent can be asked to work between 10 p.m and 5 a.m. These limits can not be varied except in a serious emergency where national interest is involved.

Audit Requirement:
Are prescribed hours of work being maintained for all adolescents ?

Supporting Documents:
Written Confirmation of Compliance

Related Triggers:
Change In Working Hours or Holidays
Overtime Work

Related Keywords:
Adoloscent/Young Person
Conditions of Service
Hours of Work / Working Hours

Related Sections:
Factories Act, 1948
Chapter:Chapter VII - Employment of Young Persons| 70:Effect of certificate of fitness granted to adolescent:
(1) An adolescent who has been granted a certificate of fitness to work in a factory as an adult under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 69, and who while at work in a factory carries a token giving reference to the certificate, shall be deemed to be an adult for all the purposes of Chapters VI and VIII:

(1-A) No female adolescent or a male adolescent who has not attained the age of seventeen years but who has been granted a certificate of fitness to work in a factory as an adult, shall be required or allowed to work in any factory except between 6 a.m and 7 p.m. :

Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, in respect of any factory or group or class or description of factories,-
(i) vary limits laid down in this sub-section so, however, that no such section shall authorise the employment of any female adolescent between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.;
(ii) grant exemption from the provisions of this sub-section in case of serious emergency where national interest is involved.

(2) An adolescent who has not been granted a certificate of fitness to work in a factory as an adult under the aforesaid clause (b) shall, notwithstanding his age, be deemed to be child for the purposes of this Act.