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Subs. by Act 94 of 1976, s. 27, for "section 52" (w.e.f. 26-10- 1976). 69 (g) of workers engaged in a manufacturing process which cannot be carried on except at times dependent on the irregular action of natural forces, from the provisions of sections 52 and 55; (h) of workers engaged in engine-rooms or boiler-houses or in attending to power-plant or transmission machinery, from the provisions of 1*[section 51 and section 52]; 2*[(i) of workers engaged in the printing of newspapers, who are held up on account of the breakdown of machinery, from the provisions of sections 51, 54 and 56. Explanation.--In this clause the expression "newspapers" has the meaning assigned to it in the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (25 of 1867); (j) of workers engaged in the loading or unloading of railway wagons 3*[or lorries or trucks,] from the provisions of section 51, 52, 54, 55 and 56;] 3*[(k) of workers engaged in any work, which is notified by the State Government in the Official Gazette as a work of national importance, from the provisions of section 51, section 52, section 54, section 55 and section 56.] (3) Rules made under sub-section (2) providing for any exemption may also provide for any consequential exemption from the provisions of section 61 which the State Government may deem to be expedient, subject to such conditions as it may prescribe. 4*[(4) In making rules under this section, the State Government shall not exceed, except in respect of exemption under clause (a) of sub-section (2), the following limits of work inclusive of overtime:- 45 (i) the total number of hours of work in any day shall not exceed ten; [B (ii) the spreadover, inclusive of intervals for rest, shall not exceed twelve hours in any one day: Provided that the State Government may, in respect of any or all of the categories of workers referred to in clause (d) of sub-section ---------------------------------------------------------------------