Daily and weekly hours of work in beedi and cigar industrial premises .

(1) No employee shall be required or allowed to work in any beedi and cigar industrial premises for more than nine hours in any day, or more than 48 hours in any week : Provided that an adult employee may be allowed to work in a beedi and cigar industrial premises for any period in excess of the limit fixed under this sub-section subject to payment of over-time wages if the period of work including over-time work does not exceed ten hours in any day and in the aggregate 54 hours in any week. (2) No employee in any beedi and cigar industrial premises shall be required or allowed to work therein for more than five hours in any day unless he has had an interval for rest of at least one hour.