Factories Act, 1948
70. Effect of certificate of fitness granted to adolescent
(1) An adolescent who has been granted a certificate of fitness
to work in a factory as an adult under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section
69, and who while at work in a factory carries a token giving reference to the
certificate, shall be deemed to be an adult for all the purposes of Chapters VI
and VIII.
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13 [(1A) No female adolescent or a male adolescent who has
not attained the age of seventeen years but who has been granted a certificate
of fitness to work in a factory as an adult, shall be required or allowed to
work in any factory except between 6 A.M. and 7 P.M. :
PROVIDED that the State Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, in respect of any factory or group or class or
description of factories,-
( i ) vary the limits
laid down in this sub-section so, however, that no such section shall authorize
the employment of any female adolescent between 10 P.M. and 5 A.M.
(ii) grant exemption from the provisions of
this sub-section in case of serious emergency where national interest is
involved.]
(2) An adolescent who has not been granted a certificate of
fitness to work in a factory as an adult under the aforesaid clause (b) shall,
notwithstanding his age, be deemed to be a child or all the purposes of this
Act.