Factories Act, 1934 — section 54

54. Restrictions on the working hours of a child..—_(1) No child shall be allowed to work in a factory for more than five hours in any day.

(2)The hours of work of a child shall be so arranged that they shall not spread over more than seven-and-a-half hours in any day.

(3)No child 1[or adolesent] shall be allowed to work in a factory except between 6 A. M. and 7 P.M. : Provided that the 2[Provincial Government] may, by notification in the 2[official Gazette], in respect of any class or classes of factories and for the whole year or any part of it, vary these limits to any span of thirteen hours between 5 A. M. and 3[7-30 P.M.].

(4)The provisions of section 35 shall apply also to child workers, but no exemption from the provisions of that section may be granted in respect of any child.

(5)No child shall be allowed to work in any factory on any day on which he has already been working in another factory.