(1) The manager of every factory shall maintain a register of adult workers, to be available to the Inspector at all times during working hours, or when any work is being carried on in the factory, showing--
(a) the name of each adult worker in the factory;
(b) the nature of his work;
(c) the group, if any, in which he is included;
(d) where his group works on shifts, the relay to which he is allotted;
(e) such other particulars as may be prescribed:
Provided that, if the Inspector is of opinion that any muster roll or register maintained as part of the routine of a factory gives in respect of any or all the workers in the factory the particulars required under this section, he may, by order in writing, direct that such muster roll or register shall to the corresponding extent be maintained in place of, and be treated as the register of adult workers in that factory.
1[(1A) No adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in any factory unless his name and other particulars have been entered in the register of adult workers.
(2) The State Government may prescribe the form of the register of adult
workers, the manner in which it shall be maintained and the period for which
it shall be preserved.
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1. Ins. by Act 94 of 1976, s. 26 (w.e.f. 26-10-1976).
Section 61 of Factories Act - Notice of periods of work for adults
Section 62 of Factories Act - Register of adult workers
Section 64 of Factories Act - Power to make exempting rules
Section 65 of Factories Act - Power to make exempting orders
Section 66 of Factories Act - Further restrictions on employment of women
Section 67 of Factories Act - Prohibition of employment of young children
Section 68 of Factories Act - Non-adult workers to carry tokens
Section 69 of Factories Act - Certificates of fitness
Section 70 of Factories Act - Effect of certificate of fitness granted to adolescent