# The Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 1948, Section 26

- Act: The Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 1948 (Act 79 of 1948)
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## Text

Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment for the time being in force, no theatre or other place of public amusement or entertainment shall, on any day, be closed later than twelve mid-night. Theatres or other placues of public amusement or entertainment not to sell goods of the kind sold in shops after the closing hour of shops. Daily hours of work in theatres or other places of public amusement of entertainment 51[28. (1) No employee shall be required or allowed to work in any theatre or other places of public amusement or entertainment for more than nine hours in any day. de (2) Any employee may be required or allowed to work in a theatre or other place of public amusement or entertainment for any period in excess of the limit fixed under sub-section (1), if such period does not exceed six hours in any week.] Interval for rest 52[29. The period of work of an employee in a theatre or other place of public amusement or entertainment each day shall be so fixed that no period of continuous work shall exceed five hours and that no employee shall be required or allowed to work for more than five hours before he has had an interval for rest of at least one hour :] 53 [Provided that, the State Government may, on an application made in that behalf by the employees concerned, permit the reduction of the interval for rest to half an hour.] Spread-over.

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