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Hours of work:-save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no adult Head load worker shall be required to work for more than eight hours in any day and no adolescent or mino,r head load worker shall be required to work for more than six hours in any day: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit an agreement between the employer and the head load workers for working for less than eight hours or six hours, as the case may be, on any particular day or days or on all days of employment or to affect any custom or practice prevaUing in the locality under which the head load worker is required to work for less than eight hours or six hours, as the case may be. L limitation of Employment:- No head load worker shall be required to carry on his head or person at a time any article or articles weighing more than seventy-five kilograms. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no person who is more than sixty years of age shall be entitled to the benefits conferred on a head load worker under this Act. S. Daily intervals for rest - The period of work on each day shall be so fixed that no period shall exceed three hours of continuous work and no head load worker shall work for more than three hours cotinuously before he had an interval for rest for at least half an hour. Wages Payable to Head load workers.- Evcty employer shall pay to any head load worker employed by him such wages as may be prescribed; and different wages may he prescribed for, different e.siab]ishments and for kinds of work.5([rovided that eveiy head load worker shall give a signed receipt to the employer in token of the amount received towards wages)