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Labour Laws
Notes Machinery: Prime movers transmission machinery and all other appliances whereby power is
generated, transformed, transmitted or applied.
Manufacturing Process: Manufacturing process management (MPM) is a collection of technologies
and methods used to define how products are to be manufactured.
Occupier: Person performing the duties of a position, and enjoying the benefits and salary that
go with it.
Overtime: Time in addition to what is normal; especially time worked beyond one’s scheduled
working hours.
Safety: Safety is a term that refers to the state or condition of being protected from some kind of
risk, injury or danger.
Welfare: Availability of resources and presence of conditions required for reasonably comfortable,
healthy, and secure living.
4.9 Review Questions
1. Give a brief history of Factory Legislation.
2. What amendments have been made by Act. No. 20 of 1987?
3. What is the object of the Factories Act?
4. Discuss the scope and applicability of the Act.
5. Explain the essentials of the term “Factory”.
6. What do you mean by premises and precinct?
7. Discuss the responsibilities of an occupier in factory.
8. Discuss the provisions with respect to its occupiers who fail to discharge their
responsibilities.
9. Critically examine the provisions for women and children working in a factory.
10. Are the following manufacturing processes hazardous?
(a) bidi making
(b) process of treatment and adaptation of sea water into salt.
(c) conversion of raw films into a finished product.
11. Explain the essentials of the definition of worker under the Act.
12. Is it necessary for the occupier to get the premises approved when the factory is to be
established?
13. What is the procedure for registration of factories?
14. Enumerate the provisions relating to protection of the health of workers.
15. Enumerate the provisions relating to welfare of workers.
Answers: Self Assessment
1. False 2. True
3. True 4. False
5. False 6. True
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