The Factories (Lakshadweep) Amendment Regulation, 2025

1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Factories (Lakshadweep) Amendment Regulation, 2025.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In the Factories Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2,—

1. (a) in clause (m),—
   • (i) in sub-clause (i), for the words “ten or more workers”, the words “twenty or more workers” shall be substituted;
   • (ii) in sub-clause (ii), for the words “twenty or more workers”, the words “forty or more workers” shall be substituted;
2. (b) after clause (p), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(pp) “State Government” means the Administrator of the Union territory of Lakshadweep appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;’.

In section 22 of the principal Act,—

1. (a) in sub-section (1), in the long line, for the words “adult male worker”, the words “adult worker” shall be substituted;
2. (b) in sub-section (2), the words “woman or” at both the places where they occur, shall be omitted.

In section 54 of the principal Act, for the words “nine hours”, the words “ten hours” shall be substituted.

In section 55 of the principal Act,—

1. (a) in sub-section (1), for the words “five hours” at both the places where they occur, the words “six hours” shall be substituted;
2. (b) sub-section (2) shall be omitted.

In section 56 of the principal Act,—

1. (a) for the words “ten and a half hours”, the words “twelve hours” shall be substituted;
2. (b) the proviso shall be omitted.

In section 65 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), in clause (iv), for the word “seventy-five”, the words “one hundred and forty-four” shall be substituted.

In section 66 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (b), for the proviso, the following provisos shall be substituted, namely:— " Provided that women workers may, with their consent, be allowed to work even between the hours of 7 P.M. and 6 A.M. in any factory in which adequate safety and security measures or provisions for holidays, as may be prescribed, are provided by the employer: Provided further that where the State Government considers that the employment of women in any particular hazardous or dangerous processes in an establishment is dangerous for their health and safety due to the operation carried out therein, the State Government may require the employer to provide adequate safeguards as may be prescribed, prior to the employment of women for such operation;".

In section 85 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (i),—

1. (a) for the word “ten”, the word “twenty” shall be substituted;
2. (b) for the word “twenty”, the word “forty” shall be substituted.