# The Factories Act, 1948, Section 27: Prohibition of employment of women and children near cotton-openers

- Act: The Factories Act, 1948 (Act 63 of 1948)
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## Text

No woman or child shall be employed in any part of a factory for pressing cotton in which a cotton opener is at work: Provided that if the feed-end of a cotton-opener is in a room separated from the delivery end by a partition extending to the roof or to such height as the Inspector may in any particular case specify in writing, women and children may be employed on the side of the partition where the feed-end is situated. 1. Ins. by Act 94 of 1976, s. 12 (w.e.f. 26-10-1976). 2. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 11, for "eighteen inches" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987). 3. Subs. by Act 25 of 1954, s. 7, for "sub-section (1)" (w.e.f. 7-5-1954). 4. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for "sub-section (3)" (w.e.f. 7-5-1954).

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