The Ministry of Law and Justice, on November 19, 2025, issued the Factories (Lakshadweep) Amendment Regulation, 2025, to further amend the Factories Act, 1948, in its application to the Union territory of Lakshadweep.
The following has been stated:
•In section 22 of the principal Act,— (a) in sub-section (1), in the long line, for the words “adult male worker”, the words “adult worker” shall be substituted;
(b) in sub-section (2), the words “woman or” at both the places where they occur, shall be omitted.
•In section 54 of the principal Act, for the words “nine hours”, the words “ten hours” shall be substituted.
•In section 65 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), in clause (iv), for the word “seventy-five”, the words “one hundred and forty-four” shall be substituted.
Please refer to the document attached below for more details.
