Factories Act, 1951 (Act No. 65 of 1951).

This Act is enacted to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories.
In every factory wherein more than fifty women workers are ordinarily employed there shall be reserved and maintained a suitable room or rooms for the use of children under the age of six years of such women. The President may make rules- (a) prescribing the location and the plants of rooms to be constructed and the methods of accommodation , furniture and other equipment of rooms to be provided therein under this section; (b) requiring the provision of additional facilities for the care of children belonging to women workers in factories to which this section applies, including suitable provision of facilities for washing and changing their clothing. (c) requiring the provision in any factory of free milk or refreshment or both for such children; (d) requiring that facilities shall be given in any factory for the mothers of such children to feed them at necessary intervals. No woman or child shall be employed in any part of a factory in which a cotton opener is at work. In every factory, effective arrangements shall be made to provide at points conveniently situated for all workers employed therein a sufficient supply of wholesome drinking water.