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No Child, Young Person, or Woman can be employed
on Sunday, or after Two o'clock on Saturday Afternoon,
except where not more than five Persons are employed in
making articles to be sold by retail on the premises, or in
repairing articles of a like nature to those sold by retail on
the premises.
Where the Occupier is of the Jewish religion, and it is
his custom to keep his workshop closed on Saturday
until sunset, he may employ Young Persons or Women on
that day, from after sunset until nine o'clock at night.
The penalties for the employment of Children, Young
Persons, and Women contrary to the provisions of this
Act are,—1st, The Occupier is liable to a penalty not
exceeding Three Pounds. 2nd,—The Parent, or person
deriving any direct benefit from the labour of, or having
the control over, the Child, Young Person, or Woman is
liable to a penalty of not more than Twenty Shillings.
Provisions with respect to the use of a Fan in Grinding.
If it appear to the Local Authority, or any Inspector of
Factories, that the inhalation of dust arising from any
process could be prevented by the use of a Fan, or other
mechanical means, he may require a Fan, or such
mechanical means as may bo approved by one cf Her
Majesty's Secretaries of State, to be provided by the
Occupier of the Workshop within a reasonabe time.
The penalty for non-compliance herewith is not less
than Three Pounds, nor exceeding Ten Pounds, but the
Court may, in addition to, or instead of the said penalty,
give a certain time for providing the said Fan, or
mechanical contrivance, and after the expiration of such
time, a further penalty is incurred, not exceeding One
Pound for each day that such non-compliance continues.