The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No- 437] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1966/PAUSA 3, 1888
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MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
ORDER
New Delhi, the 24th December 1966
S.O. 3966.—Whereas supplies of raw cotton and staple lipre required for the production or manufacture of the following textiles, that is say, (i) cotton textiles and (ii) textiles made wholly or in part from man-made cellulosic spun fibre, are not adequate to meet the full requirements of all the undertakings engaged in the production or manufacture of such textiles:
And whereas the Central Government is of opinion that with the available supplies of raw cotton and staple fibre all the undertakings engaged in the pro- duction or manufacture of such textiles should, as far as practicable, be kept as going concerns for the production or manufacture, of such textiles to the fullest extent possible and also for the prevention of unemployment, as far us practicable, amongst persons employed in such undertakings;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4A) of section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), the Central Gov- ernment hereby makes the following Order, namely.—
1. (I) This Order may be called the Cotton and Staple Fibre Textile Mills (regulation of working Order, 1966.
I 7 52 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART H-SEC, 3(11)] (c) "normal weekly holiday" means the day of the week on which the adult workers in "an undertaking cannot ordinprily be required or PIIOWFLI to work under section fi2 of the Factories AH, 1048 (63 of 10-18); (ri) "staple fibre' means regenerated cellulose, rayon fibre cut to staplelength;
(e) "Textile Commissioner" means the Textile Commissioner to the Gov- ernment of India, Bombay, and includes an Additional, Joint or Deputy Textile Commissioner to the Government of India;
(f) "undertaking" means an undertaking or, as the case may be, any p;ir1
oi1 an undertaking! engaged in the production or manufacture of—
(i) yarn, wholly or partly from cotton or staple fibre or a mixture of
cotton and staple fibre; or
hi) yarn and fibre, wholly or partly from cotton or staple fibre or a
mixture of cotton and staple fibre.
by the use of power as defined in clause (g) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1048) or power generated by steam with the aid of a boiler fas defined in clause (b) Q£ section 2 of the Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923)], but does not include an undertaking wholly engaged in the production or manufacture of yarn from cotton waste or staple flbre waste or a mixture of cotton waste and staple fibre waste;
(K'l "week" means a period of seven days beginning' at midnight on Sunday night.
3. (1) Save as otherwise provided by this Order, no employer shall close his under talcing, whether partially or wholly, except with the previous permission, in writing of the Textile Commissioner.
(2) In granting or refusing permission under sub-cLausc (1), the Textile Commissioner shall record his reasons therefor In writing.
4. (1) Every employer shall close his undertaking for an extra day per week which shall b? on the day preceding- the normal weekly holiday:
Provided that In. respect of undertakings which were ordinarily working for all the seven days in a week during the basic! period, the day of closure shall be the normal weekly holiday:
Provided further that the Textile Commissioner may, having regard to—
(a) the convenience of the persons employed in the undertaking, or (b) the weekly holiday usually observed in the locality, or (c) any other relevant circumstances,
by a special order permit the closure of any undertaking on a day of the week other than the day preceding the normal weekly holiday or as tha rase may be, the normal weekly holiday.
5. No employer shall keep his undertaking working on any day for greater number of hours than the average number of hours worked per day in any week during the basic period.
6. Nothing in clauses 4 and 5 shall apply hi any of the following operations in an undertaking, namely:-—
(a) production or manufacture of yarn o': fabric containing twenty.ftve per cent or more of wc|ol by weight; (,b) processing and finishing of yarn and fabric; (c) maintenance, repair and renovation of machinery and other installations- and
fd) installation of new machinery or erection of new buildings.
[No. F. U(l)-TexfA)/66.]
B. N. BANERjr, Spl. Secy.