7. Amendment of section 34 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 34 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

in subsection (1) thereof-

(a)

by the substitution for the definition of the expression “child” of the following definition:-

“child” means a person who is under the age of sixteen years;”;

(b)

in paragraph (c) of the definition of the expression “industrial undertaking” by the substitution for the words “fourteen years” of the words “sixteen years”;

(c)

by the substitution for the definition of the expression “night” of the following definition:-

“night”—

(a)

with reference to the employment of women, means atleast eleven consecutive hours including the period between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.; and

(b)

with reference to the employment of persons under the age of eighteen years, means at least twelve consecutive hours which shall end not later than 6 a.m.

and which-

(i)

in the case of such of those persons as have attained the age of sixteen years, shall, subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (ii), include atleast seven consecutive hours falling between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.; and

(ii)

in the case of such of those persons as have attained the age of sixteen years and are undergoing vocational training in the baking industry or are apprentices in that industry, shall, if work during the night in that industry prohibited for all workers, include the seven consecutive hours falling between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m., instead of the period of atleast seven consecutive hours referred to in sub-paragraph (i) if the

Minister by Order published in the Gazette so directs;”;

(d)

by the substitution for the definition of the expression “young person” of the following definition:-

“young person” means a person who has attained the age of sixteen years but is under the age of eighteen years.”; and

(2)

in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) thereof, by the substitution for the words “fourteen years” of the words “sixteen years”.

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