Section 74B
Hours of work of children
of Labour Ordinance [Sarawak Cap. 76]
OrdinanceIn forceProvision 55 of 150
Section 74B
(1)
No child engaged in any employment shall be required or permitted—
(a)
to work between the hours of 8 o’clock in the evening and 7 o’clock in the morning;
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(b)
to work for more than three consecutive hours without a period of rest of at least thirty minutes;
(c)
to work for more than six hours in a day or, if the child is attending school, for a period which together with the time he spends attending school, exceeds seven hours; or
(d)
to commence work on any day without having had a period of not less than fourteen consecutive hours free from work.
(2)
Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall not apply to any child engaged in employment in any public entertainment.