Factories Act, 1934 — section 35

35. Weekly holiday..—_(1) No adult worker shall be allowed to work in a factory on a Sunday unless

(a)he has had or will have a holiday for a whole day on one of the three days immediately before or after that Sunday, and

(b)the manager of the factory has, before that Sunday or the substituted day, whichever is earlier,

(i)delivered a notice to the office of the Inspector of his intention to require the worker to work on the Sunday and of the day which is to be substituted, and

(ii)displayed a notice to that effect in the factory : Provided that no substitution shall be made which will result in any worker working for more than ten days consecutively without a holiday for a whole day.

(2)Notice given under sub-section (1) may be cancelled by a notice delivered to the office of the Inspector and a notice displayed in the factory not later than the day before the Sunday or the holiday to be cancelled, whichever is earlier.

(3)Where, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1), any worker works on a Sunday and has had a holiday on one of the three days immediately before it, that Sunday shall, for the purpose of calculating his weekly hours of work, be included in the preceding week. 1 Added by Act No. XVI of 1973, s. 11. 2 Subs by Act No. X of 1946, s. 2 (w. e. f. the Ist August 1946). 3 Omitted by Act No. V of 1947, s. 3. 1