was restricted by law, except on Saturday (a): Be it therefore enacted,
That no child shall, in order to recover time so lost as aforesaid, be employed after 7 o'clock, p.m., of any day; and the times before 6 o'clock, a.m., and after 6 o'clock, p.m., during which any such child is so employed in any day shall not together exceed 1 hour.
4. Hours of employment of children not to be extended.] Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the employ-. ment of any children in any factory for any longer time in any day than is now authorized under the said recited Acts (b), or to interfere with or affect the provisions of the said Acts as to meal times (c) or holidays (d), or any other provisions whatsoever of the said Acts, save so far as the same authorize the employment of children between any other hours of the day than are limited by this Act.
5. How construed.] The herein-before recited Acts (e) as amended by this Act, shall be construed together as one Act. 6. Commencement of Act.] This Act shall commence and take effect on the 1st of September, 1853.
(a) See 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15, s. 33, ante, p. 59, and 13 & 14 Vict. c. 54, ss. 4, 5, ante, pp. 103, 104.
(b) The recited Acts are 3 & 4 W.4, c. 103, ante, p. 9, 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15, ante, p. 33, 10 & 11 Vict. c. 29, ante, p. 98, and 13 & 14 Vict. c. 54, ante, p. 101.
(c) See 3 & 4 W. 4, c. 103, s. 6, ante, p. 12, 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15, s. 36, ante,
p. 61, and 13 & 14 Vict. c. 54, s. 3, ante, p. 103.
(d) See 3 & 4 W. 4, c. 103, s. 9, ante, p. 13, 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15, s. 37, ante, p. 62.
(e) 3 & 4 W. 4, c. 103, ante, p. 9, 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15, ante, p. 33, 10 & 11 Vict. c. 29, ante, p. 98, and 13 & 14 Vict. c. 54, ante, p. 101. As to the construction of several Acts, see R. v. Fell, 1 B. & Ad. 380.
Abstract to be hung up of 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103, pp. 21, 56;
also abstract of 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15, p. 56; to be renewed
when illegible, 56, 57.
Accidents, from unguarded machinery, 44, 45, 46, 47, et
notis; notice of causing bodily injury, 48, 51; to be
inquired into by surgeon, 51; to report thereon to fac-
tory inspectors, 51; inspector may direct actions for
compensation, 52; application of compensation, 52;
course, if verdict for defendant, 52; provision for costs
and charges, 52.
Action. See "Compensation for Injury.”
Acts of parliament, copies of 42 Geo. 3, c. 73, to be hung
up, 6; abstract of 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103, pp. 21, 53, 56;
as to abstract of 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15, pp. 53, 56; construc-
tion of 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103, p. 28; of 10 & 11 Vict.
c. 29, p. 100; of 13 & 14 Vict. c. 54, p. 106; of
16 & 17 Vict. c. 104, p. 109.
Advocation, Bill of, none under 43 Geo. 3, c. 73, p. 8; when
under 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103, p. 26; when under 7 & 8
Vict. c. 15, p. 77.
Age of children to be employed, 12, 13, 57, 58, 59; under
10 & 11 Vict. c. 29, pp. 99, 107, 108; in silk mills,
12, 31, 57, 105; of young persons, 8, 9, 80, 99, 102,
103; certificates of age, 13, 14, 15, 36, 37; of real
age, 40, 41, 57; certified copy, 41; evidence of, 13, 72;
requisition for age certificate, 40; proof of age of per-
sons alleged to be 16, p, 72; proof of age of persons
alleged to be 18, p. 72.
Age certificate book, nature of, 85; how formed, 85,
Agent, definition, 81; service of proceedings on, 71; to be
liable for infraction of 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103, p. 22; and
7 & 8 Vict. c. 15, p. 65.
Agreement between mill occupier and surgeon, 38,
of counter signature, 38; no stamp requisite, 38. See
"Surgeon."
Alphabetical index of workers, 90.
Annulment of surgeon, 36; of surgeon's certificate by in-
spector or sub-inspector, 39, 40; of schoolmaster's certi-
ficate, 64; appeal, 64; proof of, 40.
Appeal against annulment of schoolmaster's certificate, 64;
when against conviction under 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103,
p. 25; when against conviction under 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15,
p. 78; notice of, 78; recognizance, 79; hearing, 79;
adjudication, 79; costs, 79. See "Conviction."
Appearance of parties summoned, 69, 70; former summons,
94, 95, 96.
Apprentices, within Factory Acts, 1, 80; in cotton and woollen
factories, 1; clothes, 2; linen, &c., 2; hours for work-
ing, 2; under 42 Geo. 3, c. 73, p. 2; (see
"Hours for
Labour;") education, 3; at master's expense, 3; dor-
mitories, 3; religious instruction and attendance at di-
vine worship, 3, 4; surgical certificate necessary, 13;
form of, 13, 14.
Arbitration, as to dangerous machinery, 67.
Artizans, exempted from Act, 27, 82.
Bleaching, employment in, exempted, 82.
Burgh magistrates in Scotland, qualified as justices, 27, 79;
refusal to countersign certificate, 16.
Calendering, employment in, exempt, 82.
Certificate of age, 13, 40; by whom to be given, 13, 40;
how, 13, 40; effect of, 40, 41; forgery of, 21, 75; of
school attendance, 58, 62, 63; form, 86; forgery of cer-
tificates, 21, 75; of nulla bona, 25, 29; not to apply to
females above 18, p. 59. See "School."
Certificates of surgeon, necessity for surgical, for children,
13, 14, 37, 39, 41; by whom given, 14, 36, 37; form of,
13, 14, 37, 83, 84; form of, for young person, 84;
counter signature of, 15, 37, 84, 85; when given, 37,
38; provision for refusal, 16, 38; dispensation, 42; ex-
amination, 37, 84, 85; where required, 39; when to be
obtained, 41; production of, 42; evidence of, 71, 72;
annulling of, 39; by whom annulled, 39, 40; evidence
of annulment, 40; when annulment rescinded, 40, 41;
refusal of, 38, 86; certificate of real age, 14, 40; surgical
certificate to be granted on age certificate, 41; penalty
for want of, 14, 15, 73; punishment for forgery of, 21,
75; for counterfeit of, 75; register of all who require
certificates, 37, 87, 90; form of, 87, 90; not required
for persons above 16 years, 37; for what factory avail-
able, 41, 42; to be proof of age, 71, 72. See "Surgeon."
Certiorari, none under 42 Geo. 3, c. 73, p. 8; when under
3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103, p. 26; when under 7 & 8 Vict.
c. 15, p. 77.
Child, definition, 80; school, 18, 62, 63; employment, 10,
12, 13, 14, 57, 58, 89, 90; not under nine years, by
3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103, p. 13; not under eight years, by
7 & 8 Vict. c. 15, p. 57; protection, 43, 44, 45; regis-
ter, 89, 90; concealment from inspector, 34, 35; ex-
amination by inspector, 34, 35; by surgeon, 13, 14,
37, 38; by justice, 37, 85; certificate of surgeon, 13, 14,
83, 84; form, 13, 14, 83, 84. See "Certificate of Age,"
66 School,"
," "Surgeon."
Christmas-day a holiday, 13, 62.
Clerk of peace, entry of visitors' reports, 5; entry of mill
under 42 Geo. 2, c. 73, p. 7; fee, 7.
Clock, factory, for regulation of working time, 52, 53, 88, 91.
Commitment under 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103, on non-payment or
insufficiency of distress, 25, 68; form of, 30. See
66 Penalty."
Compensation for injury, 52; action for, 52; costs in, 52;
application of damages, 52.
Complaints, preferment of, 23, 67; when, 23, 65, 67, 68; by
inspector, 55; notice of intention to prefer, under 3 & 4
Will. 4, c. 103, p. 23; repealed by 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15,
pp. 65, 67; complainant to have part of penalty under
3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103, p. 26; as to application of penalty
under 7 & 8 Vict. c. 15, p. 76.
Constable, subject to inspectors and sub-inspectors, 16, 18,
23, 34, 70; remuneration, 18, 26; duties, 25, 34; ser-
vice of summons, 70; to summon witnesses, 24; to pro-
vide place for sittings, 26; form of return of constable
upon warrant of distress under 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 103,
p. 29.
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