Factories Act, 1948
55. Intervals for rest
71 [(1) 72[The periods of work] of adult workers
in a factory each day shall be so fixed that no period shall exceed five hours
and that no worker shall work for more than five hours before he has had an
interval for rest of at least half an hour.
73 [(2) The State Government or, subject to the control of
the State Government, the Chief Inspector, may, by written order and for the
reasons specified therein, exempt any factory from the provisions of
sub-section (1) so however that the total number of hours worked by a worker
without an interval does not exceed six.]