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68. The inspection of cotton-ginning factories and other seasonal
factories should be largely carried out by part-time inspectors. Officers
of the grade of Industrial Surveyors should not be employed for this
purpose. Selected revenue officers of suitable grade should be given a
short course of instruction under the Chief Inspector with a view to their
employment in districts where such factories are found. This system
should not apply to tes factories in Bengal and Assam. Regular forms
should be prepared by the Factory Inspection Department for issue to
part-time inspectors and a copy of the report of each inspection should
be submitted to the Chief Inspector of Factories wi on .s

CuAPTER VIL—UNREGULATED FACTORIES. }
A.— Small factories using power.
60. In the case of factories using power and employing less than

920 but not less than 10 persons, only the following sections of the Fac-
tories Act should apply automatically :—

Section 5, Chapter III (excluding sections 12 and 15), section 37

and the appropriate parts of Chapter VIII with section 50.

Local Governments should retain the power of applying

the whole Act by notification, and should be given power

to apply selected sections to any such factory .. oo.

70. Local Governments should be given power to apply the sections
specified above to similar places employing less than 10 persons where
conditions are dangerous ws wn PY a +9

71. The * number employed > for this purpose should be the aggre-
gate number employed for any part of the 24 hours .- ve

B.—Fartories not using power.

72. A separate Act, brief and simple, should be passed to apply to
factories, without power machinery, erploying 50 or more persons during
any part of the year . w wn .. 2% $e

73. The starting age for children under this Act should be 10 years
in the first instance, and protection in the matter of hours should be
confined to children between 10 and 14 years I. .

74. Hours of children should fall within limits to be specified by
local Governments, but in no case should the working hours exceed
geven, nor should they fall outside a period of nine hours, with a rest
interval of at least one hour. The overriding maxima should be
embodied in the Act  .. ay we oe op vs

"75. No child who has been employed full time in a factory should
be allowed to work overtime or to take work home after factory hours

76. The expediency of penalising the giving of advances to secure
the labour of children and the execution of bonds pledging such labour
should be examined by Government. In any case a bond pledging the
labour of a person under 15 years executed for or on account of any
consideration should be void.

The above recommendation is general and not confined to factories
mentioned jn this chapter . .- +3 vo

717. Every factory of this class should be entirely closed on one
day of the week to be specified beforehand by the local Government.
Subject to particular exemptions the closing day should be the same for
all factories in the same district .. .n ae

78. The Act should require the observance of suitable standards in
regard to buildings, latrines, ventilation, lighting and drainage, and might
empower local Governments to apply welfare orders of a simple nature

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