Malaysia legislation

Section 25

of *FACTORIES AND MACHINERY ACT 1967

Section 25

Provisions relating to welfare

(a)

there shall be provided and maintained for the use of persons employed therein—

(i)

adequate and suitable accommodation for clothing not worn during working hours; and

(ii)

such arrangements as are reasonably practicable for drying that clothing.

(b)

there shall be provided and maintained at suitable places reasonably accessible to all persons employed therein—

(i)

an adequate supply of safe and wholesome drinking water; and

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(ii)

adequate and suitable facilities for washing which shall be kept in a clean condition; and

(c)

there shall be provided and maintained so as to be readily accessible a first-aid box or cupboard of the prescribed standard and when more than one hundred and fifty persons are employed at any one time a suitable first-aid room of the prescribed standard shall also be provided and maintained.

(2)

The Minister may for factories or for any class of factory or parts thereof prescribe standards for compliance in respect of all the provisions in the foregoing subsection relating to welfare of persons employed.

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