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The Beedi and Cigar Workers
(Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
1.
The Act has been enacted to provide for the welfare of the workers in
beedi and cigar establishments and to regulate the conditions of their work and
for matters connected therewith.
2.
This Act is being implemented by the
concerned State Governments.
3.
The Act does not apply to the owner or
occupier of a private dwelling house who carries on any manufacturing process
in such private dwelling house with the assistance of the members of his family
living with him and dependent on him provided that the owner or occupier
thereof is not an employee of an employer to whom this Act applies. (SECTION 43).
4.
All other working places including
dwelling houses where beedi work may be done have been divided under the Act
into two categories viz. (i) Dwelling houses,
(ii) places other than dwelling houses.
5.
The
Act provides that no employer shall use or allow to be used any place or
premises as an industrial premises unless he holds a valid licence issued under
this Act. (SECTION 3).
6.
The Act provides for the facilities for Cleanliness
(Section 8), Ventilation (Section
9), Over Crowding (Section 10), Drinking Water (Section 11), Latrines and
Urinals (Section 12), Washing Facilities, (Section 13), Crèche (Section 14),
First Aid (Section 15) and Canteens (Section 16) to be provided by the
employer.
The details of prosecutions initiated by the state
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