Substitution of new section for section 70 of Born. LXXIX of 1948

For section 70 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely :- "70. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to apply to a factory and the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in that Act, apply to all persons employed in and in connec- tion with a factory : Provided that, where any shop or commercial establishment situate within the precincts of a factory is not connected with the manufactur- ing process of the factory, the provisions of this Act shall apply to it : Provided further that, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, apply all or any of the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948, to any such shop or commercial establishment situate within the pre- cincts of a factory, and upon the application of that Act to such shop or com- mercial establishment, the provisions of this Act shall cease to apply to it.".