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CHAPTER V - HOURS AND LIMITATION OF EMPLOYMENT

Section 20. Weekly holidays.

(1) The State Government may by rules made in this behalf—

(a) provide for a day of rest in every period of seven days which shall be allowed to all workers;

1[(b) provide for the conditions subject to which, and the circumstances in which, an adult worker may be required or allowed to work overtime.]

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) of sub- section (1) where a worker is willing to work on any day of rest which is not a closed holiday in the plantation, nothing contained in this section shall prevent him from doing so:

Provided that in so doing a worker does not work for more than ten days consecutively without a holiday for a whole day intervening.

Explanation 1.—Where on any day a worker has been prevented from working in any plantation by reason of tempest, fire, rain or other natural causes, that day, may, if he so desires, be treated as his day of rest for the relevant period of seven days within the meaning of sub-section (1).

Explanation 2.—Nothing contained in this section shall apply to any worker whose total period of employment including any day spent on leave is less than six days.

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  • 1. The Act comes into force in Pondicherry on 1-10-1963 by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I. The Act has been amended in Keralaby Kerala Act 25 of 1969.
  • 2. 1st April, 1954: see S.R.O. 880 dated 6th March, 1954, Gazette of India, 1954, Pt. II, Sec. 3, p. 530
  • 3. Subs. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 2, for sub-section (4) (w.e.f. 21-11- 1960).
  • 4. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 2, for "or cinchona" (w.e.f. 26-1- 1982).
  • 5. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “10.117 hectares” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 6. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “thirty” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 7. Ins. by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu andKashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 2, for “10.117 hectares” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “thirty” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 3. Subs. by Act 61 of 1986, s. 24, for “fifteenth” (w.e.f. 23-12-1986).
  • 4. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 3 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 6. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 7. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 3 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 3, for cl. (f) (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for cl. (h) (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 3. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for cl. (k) (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 4. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “rupees seven hundred and fifty” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 6. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “managerial capacity, notwithstanding that his monthly wages do not exceed rupees seven hundred andand fifty” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 4 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 8

  • 1. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 5 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 9

  • 1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 3, for “and children are, or are to be” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 2. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 4 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 3. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 4, for “chief inspector” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

Page 10

  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 6, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 26-1- 1982).
  • 2. Ins. by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 11

  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 6, for “such rooms” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for section 15 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 12

  • 1. Certain words and figures omitted by Act 34 of 1960, s. 5 (w.e.f. 21-11- 1960).
  • 2. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 8 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 15

  • 1. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 5 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

Page 16

  • 1. Section 19 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 58 of 1981, s. 9 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 9, ibid, for “fifty-four hours” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 3. The words “or child’ omitted by Act 17 of 2010, s. 6 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 4. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 9, for “forty hours” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 5. Ins. by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 6-1-1982).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 10, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by Act 42 of 1953, s. 4 and the Third Schedule, for “19”.
  • 3. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 7 (we.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. The words “and children” omitted by Act 17 of 2010, s. 8 (we.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 2. The words “or child” omitted by s. 8, ibid. (we.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 3. The words “child and no” omitted by Act 17 of 2010, s. 9 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 4. The words “child or” omitted by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. The words “either as a child or” omitted by s.10, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

Page 19

  • 1. The proviso omitted by Act 58 of 1981, s. 11 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 6 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 3. The existing Explanation numbered as Explanation 1 thereof by Act 58 of 1981, s. 11 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 4. Ins. by s. 11. ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 5. Subs. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 7, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 21-11- 1960).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 42 of 1953, s. 4 and the Third Schedule, for "any period less than".
  • 2. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 12 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 3. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 11 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 12, for “three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both” (w.e.f.7-6-2010).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 12, ibid., for “three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 3. Subs. by s. 13, ibid., for “one month, or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 4. Subs. by s. 14, ibid., for “six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 13 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 22

  • 1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 12, for section 39 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 8 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 2. The word "and" omitted by Act 58 of 1981, s. 14 (w.e.f. 26-1- 1982).

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  • 1. Added by Act 58 of 1981, s. 14 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 16, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 3. Sub-section (4) omitted by Act 4 of 2018, s. 3 and the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 5-1-2018).