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Shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms.- (1) In every factory, wherein more than one hundred and fifty workers are ordinarily employed, adequate and suitable shelters or rest rooms and a suitable lunch room, with provision for drinking water, where workers can eat meals brought by them, shall be provided and maintained for the use of the workers: Provided that any canteen maintained in accordance with the provisions of section 46 shall be regarded as part of the requirements of this sub-section: Provided further that where a lunch room exists no worker shall eat any food in the workroom. 1 Sub-secs.(2) and (3) subs. for the original sub-sec.(2) by Act 25 of 1954. 2 Subs. by Act 94 of 1976 (w.e.f. 26.10.1976) 3 Original sub-sec.(3) renumbered as sub-sec.(4) by Act 94 of 1976 (w.e.f. 26.10.1976). 4 Subs. by Act 94 of 1976 (w.e.f. 26.10.1976) 5 Ins. by Act 94 of 1976 (w.e.f. 26.10.1976) 6 Subs. for “Provincial” by Adaptn. of Laws Orders, 17950 7 Ins. by Act 94 of 1976 (w.e.f. 26.10.1976) 32 The Factories Act, 1948 Sec. 48 (2) The shelters or rest rooms or lunch rooms to be provided under sub- section (1) shall be sufficiently lighted and ventilated and shall be maintained in a cool and clean condition. (3) The 1[State] Government may- (a) prescribe the standards in respect of construction, accommodation, furniture and other equipment of shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms to be provided, under this section; (b) by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt any factory or class or description of factories from the requirements of this section.