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Factories (Hours and Holidays) Act (Cap. 95:02).

Main Region

First Region

Guyana
Manufacturing workers
1947
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Provides comprehensive legislation governing factories. Part II regulates the registration of factories. Part III relates to factory inspection. Factories shall be inspected by inspectors representing the Labour Authority (s. 9), or, in cases of injury or death, by examining surgeons (s. 12). Part IV concerns safety. Section 19 prohibits the employment of children in any factory. Part V relates to holidays and rest periods. S. 23 governs rest periods for night shifts; s. 24 relates to overtime. Part VI defines the power of the Minister to make regulations concerning, inter alia, health, safety, medical supervision, boilers, ventilation, and records and certificates. Part VII sets out offences, penalties and procedures. Part VIII contains miscellaneous provisions, including a requirement that an abstract of the Act and any regulations made thereunder be displayed in every factory (s. 35).

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Monograph region

    Monograph title
    The Laws of Guyana
    Publisher
    Government of Guyana
    Date
    1977
    Edition
    Revised edition
    Page range
    28 p.