Prohibition of employment of women in certain period.

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(1) After this Act comes into operation no employer shall employ a woman in any factory, plantation or other establishment after she has given notice under sub-section (1) of section 5 or knowingly employ any woman in any such factory, plantation or other establishment during the 8 weeks immediately following the day of her confinement.
(2) During the period of pregnancy a woman shall not be knowingly employed on work which is arduous or which requires long hours of standing at one place or which may in any way interfere with her pregnancy and is likely to cause miscarriage or adversely affect her health or interfere with the normal development of foetus.

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