**Executive Summary**
This document is The Factories (Ladakh) Amendment Regulation, 2025, which amends the Factories Act, 1948, specifically for the Union territory of Ladakh. It was promulgated by the President of India and published on November 19, 2025. The regulation comes into force on a date appointed by the Administrator via notification in the Official Gazette.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment to Definitions:**
* The definition of "State Government" is added to mean the Administrator of the Union territory of Ladakh appointed by the President.
* **Amendment to Section 22 (Restrictions on working near machinery):**
* The term "adult male worker" is replaced with "adult worker".
* The words "woman or" are omitted.
* **Amendment to Section 54 (Daily Hours):**
* The term "nine hours" is changed to "ten hours".
* **Amendment to Section 55 (Intervals for rest):**
* The term "five hours" is changed to "six hours".
* Sub-section (2) is omitted.
* **Amendment to Section 56 (Spreadover):**
* The term "ten and a half hours" is changed to "twelve hours".
* The proviso is omitted.
* **Amendment to Section 65 (Power to make exempting orders):**
* The word "seventy-five" is changed to "one hundred and forty-four".
* **Amendment to Section 66 (Further restrictions on the employment of women):**
* Clause (b) is substituted to allow women to work only between 6 A.M. and 7 P.M., unless adequate safety and security measures, or provisions for holidays, are provided by the employer.
* Women workers may be allowed to work between the hours of 7 P.M. and 6 A.M., with their consent, if adequate safety and security measures are provided by the employer.
* The State Government can require employers to provide adequate safeguards before employing women in hazardous or dangerous processes.
* **Amendment to Section 85 (Power to exempt):**
* The word "ten" is changed to "twenty".
* The word "twenty" is changed to "forty".
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Employers in the Union Territory of Ladakh**
* **Impact:** Changes to restrictions on working hours, particularly for women, and altered requirements for safety measures and exemptions.
* **Action Required:** Review and update employment policies, safety protocols, and operational practices to comply with the amended regulations; provide consent options for women to work at night; make accommodations for safeguards.
**Stakeholder: Women Workers in the Union Territory of Ladakh**
* **Impact:** Altered working hour restrictions, allowing for potentially longer workdays with increased flexibility, provided safety measures are in place and that they provide their consent to work at night.
* **Action Required:** Be aware of their rights and consent options regarding working hours, especially regarding night shifts.
**Stakeholder: The Administrator of the Union Territory of Ladakh (State Government)**
* **Impact:** Given the authority to define the date when the regulation comes into force, and to regulate safety standards for the employment of women in hazardous processes.
* **Action Required:** Appoint a date for the regulation to come into force, notify this date in the Official Gazette and establish standards for safety safeguards for the employment of women in hazardous conditions.
Key Entities Referenced
Factories Act, 1948: The principal Act being amended by the Factories (Ladakh) Amendment Regulation, 2025.
Factories (Ladakh) Amendment Regulation, 2025: A regulation promulgated to amend the Factories Act, 1948, specifically for the Union territory of Ladakh.
Ladakh: Union territory where the Factories (Ladakh) Amendment Regulation, 2025 applies, modifying the Factories Act, 1948.
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019: Act that provides the legal basis for the regulation, referencing section 58(2) which empowers the President.
Ministry of Law and Justice: The ministry under which the legislative department published the regulation.
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 19th November, 2025/Kartika 28, 1947 (Saka)
THE FACTORIES (LADAKH) AMENDMENT
REGULATION, 2025
No. 15 o f 2025
Promulgated by the President in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India.
A Regulation further to amend the Factories Act, 1948, in its application to the
Union territory of Ladakh.
In exercise of the powers conferred by article 240 of the Constitution read with
34 of 2019. sub-section (2) of section 58 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019,
the President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by her:—
1. (1) This Regulation may be called the Factories (Ladakh) Amendment Short title,
Regulation, 2025. extent and
commencement.
(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Ladakh.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.2 THE GAZETTE OF IND2IA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II—
Amendment of 2. In the Factories Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in 63 of 1948.
section 2. section 2, after clause (p), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:––
‘(pp) “State Government” means the Administrator of the Union
territory of Ladakh, appointed by the President under article 239 of the
Constitution.’.
Amendment of 3.In section 22 of the principal Act,—
section 22.
(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.
Amendment of 4. In section 54 of the principal Act, for the words “nine hours”, the words
section 54. “ten hours” shall be substituted.
Amendment of 5.In section 55 of the principal Act,—
section 55.
(a)in sub-section (1), for the words “five hours” at both the places where
they occur, the words “six hours” shall be substituted;
(b)sub-section (2) shall be omitted.
Amendment of 6.In section 56 of the principal Act,—
section 56.
(a)for the words “ten and a half hours”, the words “twelve hours” shall
be substituted;
(b)the proviso shall be omitted.
Amendment of 7.In section 65 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), in clause (iv), for the
section 65.
word “seventy-five”, the words “one hundred and forty-four” shall be substituted.
Amendment of 8. In section 66 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for clause (b), the
section 66. following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
“(b) no woman shall be required or allowed to work in any factory except
between the hours of 6 A.M.and 7 P.M.:
Provided that women workers may, with their consent, be allowed to
work even between the hours of 7 P.M. and 6 A.M. in any factory in which
adequate safety and security measures or provisions for holidays, as may be
prescribed, are provided by the employer:
Provided further that where the State Government considers that the
employment of women in any particular hazardous or dangerous processes in
an establishment is dangerous for their health and safety due to the operation
carried out therein, the State Government may require the employer to provide
adequate safeguards as may be prescribed, prior to the employment of women
for such operation;”.
Amendment of 9.In section 85 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (i),—
section 85.
(a)for the word “ten”, the word “twenty” shall be substituted;
(b)for the word “twenty”, the word “forty” shall be substituted.
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DROUPADI MURMU,
President.
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President.
DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.
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