Section 74C
Hours of work of young person
of Labour Ordinance [Sarawak Cap. 76]
No young person engaged in any employment shall be required or permitted—
(a)
to work between the hours of 8 o’clock in the evening and 6 o’clock in the morning;
(b)
to work for more than four consecutive hours without a period of rest of at least thirty minutes;
(c)
to work for more than seven hours in any one day or, if the young person is attending school, for a period which together with the time he spends attending school, exceeds eight hours:
Provided that if the young person is an apprentice under paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 73, the period of work in any one day shall not exceed eight hours; or
(d)
to commence work on any day without having had a period of not less than twelve consecutive hours free from work.
(2)
Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall not apply to any young person engaged in employment in an agricultural undertaking or any
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employment in a public entertainment or on any vessel under paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section 73.