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No woman or any person who has not attained the age of seventeen shall be required or allowed to work whether as an employee or otherwise in any establishment before 6 A.M. or after [9 P.M.]: 1A[Provided that an employer may employ women employees between 9 P. M. and 6 A. M. after obtaining the consent of such women employees and ensuring that no female employee is employed between those hours other than in groups consisting of at least five employees having a minimum of two female employees and adequate protection of their dignity, honour and safety, protection from sexual harassment and facility for transportation from the shop or establishment to the doorstep of their residence] Substituted by Act 34 of 2018, (w.e.f. 04/10/2018). Added by Act 34 of 2018, (w.e.f. 04/10/2018).