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19.
Latrines and urinals
(1) In every factory
:-
- sufficient latrine
and urinal accomodation of prescribed types shall be provided
conveniently situated and accessible to workers at all times
while they are at
the factory;
- separate enclosed
accommodation shall be provided for male and female workers;
- such accomodation
shall be adequately lighted and ventilated and no latrine
or urinal shall, unless specially exempted in writing by the Chief
Inspector, communicate
with any workroom except through an interven- ing
open space or ventilated passage;
- all such accommodation
shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary conditions
at all times;
- sweepers shall
be employed whose primary duty it would be to keep clean
latrines, urinals and washing places.
(2) In every factory
wherin more than two hundred and fifty workers are ordinarily employed-
- all latrines and
urinal accomodation shall be of prescribed sanitary types;
- the floors and
internal walls, up to a height of 51[ninety centimetres,]
of the
latrines and urinals
and the sanitary blocks shall be laid in glazed tiles or
otherwise finished
to provide a smooth polished impervious surface;
- without prejudice
to the provisions of clause (d) and (e) of sub-section(1), the
floors, portions of the walls and blocks so laid or finished and the
sanitary pans of
latrines and urinals shall be thoroughly washed and cleaned
at least once in every seven days with suitable detergents or
disinfectants or
with both.
(3) The ![State] Government
may prescribe the number of latrines and urinals to be
provided in any factory
in proportion to the number of male and female workers
ordinarily employed therein, and provide for such further matter in
respect of sanitation
in factories, including the obligation of workers in this regard,
as it considers necessary in the interest of the health of the workers
employed therein.
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51. Subs. by
Act 20 of 1987
! Subs. for "Provincial" by the
Adaptn. of Laws Orders, 1950
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