Section 25 — Daily and weekly working hours, leave, etc.
25(1)
No worker shall be required or allowed to work, in any establishment or class of establishment for more than—
25(1)(a) eight hours in a day; and
25(1)(b) the period of work in each day under clause (a) shall be so fixed, as not to exceed such hours, with such intervals and spread overs, as may be notified by the appropriate Government: Provided that subject to clause (a) in the case of mines,—
25(1)(i) the persons employed below ground in a mine shall not be allowed to work for more than such hours as may be notified by the Central Government in any day;
25(1)(ii) no work shall be carried on below ground in any mine except by a system of shifts so arranged that the period of work for each shift is not spread over more than the daily maximum hours as notified under clause (i);
25(1)(iii) no person employed in a mine shall be allowed to be present in any part of a mine below ground except during the periods of work shown in respect of him in the register maintained under clause (a) of section 33: Provided further that subject to clause (a) that the hours of work in case of motor transport worker shall include—
25(1)(i) the time spent in work done during the running time of the transport vehicle;
25(1)(ii) the time spent in subsidiary work; and
25(1)(iii) period of mere attendance at terminals of less than fifteen minutes.
Explanation 1 For the purposes of this sub-section—