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REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-25
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-20112025-267844
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 55] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2025/KARTIKA 28, 1947 (Saka)
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 19th November, 2025/Kartika 28, 1947 (Saka)
THE FACTORIES (LAKSHADWEEP) AMENDMENT
REGULATION, 2025
No. 18 OF 2025
Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India.
A Regulation further to amend the Factories Act, 1948, in its application to the
Union territory of Lakshadweep.
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution, the
President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by her:-
1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Factories (Lakshadweep)
Amendment Regulation, 2025.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Short title,
extent and
commencement.
2. In the Factories Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in
section 2,-
(a) in clause (m),—
(i) in sub-clause (i), for the words “ten or more workers”, the words
"twenty or more workers" shall be substituted;
(ii) in sub-clause (ii), for the words "twenty or more workers", the
words "forty or more workers” shall be substituted;
(b) after clause (p), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
'(pp) "State Government” means the Administrator of the Union
territory of Lakshadweep appointed by the President under article 239
of the Constitution;'.
3. In section 22 of the principal Act,-
(a) in sub-section (1), in the long line, for the words "adult male worker",
the words "adult worker" shall be substituted;
(b) in sub-section (2), the words “woman or” at both the places where
they occur, shall be omitted.
4. In section 54 of the principal Act, for the words "nine hours", the words
"ten hours" shall be substituted.
5. In section 55 of the principal Act, —
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words "five hours" at both the places where
they occur, the words “six hours” shall be substituted;
(b) sub-section (2) shall be omitted.
6. In section 56 of the principal Act,—
(a) for the words "ten and a half hours", the words "twelve hours" shall
be substituted;
(b) the proviso shall be omitted.
7. In section 65 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), in clause (iv), for the
word "seventy-five", the words “one hundred and forty-four" shall be substituted.
8. In section 66 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (b), for the
proviso, the following provisos shall be substituted, namely:
"Provided that women workers may, with their consent, be allowed to
work even between the hours of 7 P.M. and 6 A.M. in any factory in which
adequate safety and security measures or provisions for holidays, as may be
prescribed, are provided by the employer:
Provided further that where the State Government considers that the
employment of women in any particular hazardous or dangerous processes in
an establishment is dangerous for their health and safety due to the operation
carried out therein, the State Government may require the employer to provide
adequate safeguards as may be prescribed, prior to the employment of women
for such operation;".
63 of 1948.
9. In section 85 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (i),—
(a) for the word “ten”, the word "twenty” shall be substituted;
(b) for the word "twenty”, the word "forty” shall be substituted.
DROUPADI MURMU,
President.
DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI-110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI-110054.
MGIPMRND—346GI(S4)—19-11-2025.