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temporarily, or in which the hands, being ordinarily less than the above stipulated number, are increased temporarily, a special enactment shall be made. The whole or a part of this Act shall be applied to factories other than mentioned above, by Ordinance, whenever necessity arises.

When a factory is to be established, re-erected, or extended, permission of the competent public authority is necessary, and it cannot be used before permission is so obtained.

Necessary measures shall be taken against danger or injury to the health of employés, and nothing shall be allowed which is against the public morality and public interest.

The provisions relating to the regulation of boarding-houses, annexed buildings, etc., shall be enacted by Ordinance.

Engines cannot be used unless approved by the competent authority.

Engines without an official certificate cannot be used.

Persons under the age of eleven years shall not be employed; but this limitation shall be relaxed for the first ten years in the following way. Persons of eight years or more may be employed within two years from the coming into force of this Act, and those of nine years or more for three years, and those of ten years or more for five years from that time.

Persons under sixteen years, or women of sixteen years or more, shall not be employed between ten o’clock p.m. and four o’clock a.m. except in the following cases:

  1. In case of a special circumstance, this limitation may be relaxed by Ordinance for some interval.
  2. For factories of special character and for cases of urgency exceptional provisions may be enacted by Ordinance.
  3. In case of an alternative employment of two or more parties, exceptional provisions may be enacted by Ordinance.

For persons under sixteen years, or women of sixteen years or more, limitation shall be made by Ordinance for their employment for upwards of twelve hours.

A provision relating to meal and rest hours not exceeding one hour and a half for persons under sixteen years and women of sixteen years or more shall be enacted by Ordinance.

So far as persons under sixteen and women of sixteen years or more are concerned, holidays of at least two days per month shall be allowed.

Persons under sixteen years and women of sixteen years or more shall not be employed in works involving bodily danger or injury to health.

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