THE BEEDI AND CIGAR WORKERS (CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT)ACT, 1966
ACT NO. 32 OF 1966 · Enacted on [30th November, 1966.]
An Act to provide for the welfare of the workers in beedi and cigar establishments and to regulate the conditions of their work and for matters connected therewith.
- Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- Section 2. Definitions.
- Section 3. Industrial premises to be licensed.
- Section 4. Licences.
- Section 5. Appeals.
- Section 6. Inspectors.
- Section 7. Powers of Inspectors.
- Section 7A. Inspector not to disclose the source of any complaint, etc.
- Section 8. Cleanliness.
- Section 9. Ventilation.
- Section 10. Overcrowding.
- Section 11. Drinking water.
- Section 12. Latrines and urinals.
- Section 13. Washing facilities.
- Section 14. Creches.
- Section 15. First aid.
- Section 16. Canteens.
- Section 17. Working hours.
- Section 18. Wages for overtime work.
- Section 19. Interval for rest.
- Section 20. Spread over.
- Section 21. Weekly holidays.
- Section 22. Notice of periods of work.
- Section 23. Hours of work to correspond with notice under section 22.
- Section 24. Prohibition of employment of children.
- Section 25. Prohibition of employment of women or young persons during certain hours.
- Section 26. Annual leave with wages.
- Section 27. Wages during leave period.
- Section 28. Application of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 to industrial premises.
- Section 29. Special provisions.
- Section 30. Onus as to age.
- Section 31. Notice of dismissal.
- Section 32. Penalty for obstructing Inspector.
- Section 33. General penalty for offence.
- Section 34. Offences by companies.
- Section 35. Indemnity.
- Section 36. Cognizance of offences.
- Section 37. Application of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 and the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
- Section 38. Certain provisions not to apply to industrial premises.
- Section 39. Application of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
- Section 40. Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this Act.
- Section 41. Power to exempt.
- Section 42. Powers of Central Government to give directions.
- Section 43. Act not to apply to self-employed persons in private dwelling houses.
- Section 44. Power to make rules.
Footnotes
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- 1. 10thFebruary, 1970, vide notification No.IIE/2-1/70, dated the 9th February, 1970, in respect of section 3, in the State ofOrissa.
- 2. Ins. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).*. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammuand Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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- 1. Ins. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
- 2. Added by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
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- 1. Ins. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 3 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
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- 1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 4, for “fifty” (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
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- 1. Ins. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 5 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
- 2. The proviso added by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
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- 1. Ins. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 7 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993)2 . Subs. by s. 8, ibid., for “three months” (w.e.f. 22-5-1993)3 . Subs. by s. 8, ibid., for “five hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
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- 1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 9, for certain words (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
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- 1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 10, for certain words (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
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