eCourtsIndia
IndiaCode Laws
Section17
The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966

Working hours

In force Act 32 of 1966 As on 08 Oct 2026

Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so the text below was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Act 32 of 1966

Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Section 17 of the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 deals with working hours. No employee shall be required or allowed to work in any industrial premises for more than nine hours in any day or for more than forty-eight hours in any week: Provided that any adult employee may be allowed to work in such industrial premises for any period in excess of the limit fixed under this s

No employee shall be required or allowed to work in any industrial premises for more than nine hours in any day or for more than forty-eight hours in any week:

Provided that any adult employee may be allowed to work in such industrial premises for any period in excess of the limit fixed under this section subject to the payment of overtime wages if the period of work, including overtime work, does not exceed ten hours in any day and in the aggregate fifty-four hours in any week.

Section 17, The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (Act 32 of 1966).

Questions about Section 17

What does Section 17 of the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act deal with?

Section 17 of the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act is headed "Working hours". No employee shall be required or allowed to work in any industrial premises for more than nine hours in any day or for more than forty-eight hours in any week: Provided that any adult employee may be allowed to work in such industrial premises for any period in excess of the limit fixed under this s

How do I find court cases under Section 17 of the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act 17, section 17 Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, section 17 of the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

When was the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act enacted?

Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act was enacted in 1966 as Act 32 of 1966. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/b93d5411-7601-4b23-9497-2153e7eb6ecd.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/a8b008a0-b777-4f77-90cd-52b17038b158/content). This page is not a substitute for legal advice.