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Section 51. Weekly hours.

THE FACTORIES ACT, 1948

Act no. 63 of 19481948Repealed 21 November 2025All India (Central Act)

This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), s.143(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

51. Weekly hours.—No adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in a factory for more than forty-eight hours in any week.