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SHOPS ACTS; .
The Shops Acts are administered by two whole-time officers.
Attention is drawn to the „Young Persons (Employment) Act,
1938. „ This is an act to regulate the hours'of employment of
persons under the age of.18 years employed in certain occupations
which are not covered by the Act of 1934; to amend the Shops
Act, 1934, with respect to the regulation of the hours of
employment of persons under the age of 16 years, and with respect
to the determination of the number of working hours of persons
under the age of 18 years; and for purposes connected with the
matters aforesaid.
During 1939, 19 first or warning notices and 6 final
notices were issued in respect of contraventions of the Acts.
Legal proceedings, were taken, in 3 instances. Pines were
inflicted in two cases, one was dismissed under the Probation
of Offenders Act.