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Factories Act, 1948
Factories Act, 1948
INTRODUCTION
In India the first Factories Act was passed in 1881. This Act was
basically designed to protect children and to provide few measures for
health and safety of the workers. This law was applicable to only those
factories, which employed 100 or more workers. In 1891 another
factories Act was passed which extended to the factories employing 50
or more workers.
THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948.
Definition of a Factory:-
i. Salt works
ii. A shed for ginning and pressing of cotton
iii. A Bidi making shed
iv. A Railway Workshop
v. Composing work for Letter Press Printing
vi. Saw Mills
vii. Place for preparation of foodstuff and other eatables
THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948.
HIGHLIGHTS:
The Factories Act, 1948 came into force on the 1st day of April,1949 and
extends to the whole of India. It was, in fact, extended to Dadra & Nagar
Haveli, Pondicherry in 1963, to Goa in 1965 and to the State of Jammu &
Kashmir in 1970.
The Factories Act was amended in 1949, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1976 and 1989.
In Bhikusa Yamasa Kshatriya (P) Ltd. v UOI, the court observed that the Act
has been enacted primarily with the object of protecting workers employed in
factories against industrial and occupational hazards. For that purpose, it seeks
to impose upon the owner or the occupier certain obligations to protect the
workers and to secure for them employment in conditions conducive to their
health and safety.
THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948.
Safety Measures
Welfare Measures
A worker having worked for 240 days @ one day for every 20 days
and for a child one day for working of 15 days.
Accumulation of leave for 30 days.
Sec. 79
THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948.
Sec.92 to 106
OFFENCE PENALTIES
Thank You.
Navin Kumar.A