Factories Act, 1948
47. Shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms
(1) In every factory wherein more than one hundred and fifty
workers are ordinarily employed, adequate and suitable shelters or rest rooms
and a suitable lunch room, with provision for drinking water, where workers can
eat meals brought by them, shall be provided and maintained for the use of the
workers:
PROVIDED that any canteen maintained in accordance with
the provisions of section 46 shall be regarded as part of the requirements of
this sub-section:
PROVIDED FURTHER that where a lunch room exists no worker shall
eat any food in the work room.
(2) The shelters or rest rooms or lunch rooms to be provided
under sub-section (1) shall be sufficiently lighted and ventilated and shall be
maintained in a cool and clean condition.
(3) The State Government may-
(a) prescribe the standards in respect of
construction, accommodation, furniture and other equipment of shelters, rest
rooms and lunch rooms to be provided under this section;
(b) by notification in the Official Gazette,
exempt any factory or class or description of factories from the requirements
of this section.