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← Children and Young Persons (Employment) Act 1966

Children and Young Persons (Employment) Act 1966 s 5

Children and Young Persons (Employment) Act 1966 s 5

s 5 Hours of work of children

(1) No child engaged in any employment shall be required or permitted— (a) to work between the hours of 8 o’clock in the evening and 7 o’clock in the morning; (b) to work for more than three consecutive hours without a period of rest of at least thirty minutes; (c) to work for more than six hours in a day or, if the child is attending school, for a period which together with the time he spends attending school, exceeds seven hours; or (d) to commence work on any day without having had a period of not less than fourteen consecutive hours free from work. (2) Paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply to any child engaged in employment in any public entertainment. *NOTE—The Electricity Act 1949 [Act 116] has since been repealed by the Electricity Supply Act 1990 [Act 447].

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Find Act 350 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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