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legislation for the protection of workers. (factory laws etc.) 713
merit. The Län Government is said to "hold its hand" over the observance of
the law, and can prohibit the continuance of the work, if the nonobservance of
the regulations is fraught with particular danger.
(b) Among other special statutes for the prevention of danger
arising from certain trades, now in force, should be noted the following:
Byggnadsstadgan för rikets städer (The Towns’ Building Statute), of the 8 May
1874, §§ 33 and 42.
Förordningen angående eldfarliga oljor m. ni. (The Inflammable Oils
Ordinance) of the 26th November 1875, §§ 5, 6 and 19.
Gruvestadgan (The Mines Statute) of the 16th May 1884 §§ 50—53.
Stadgan om elektriska anläggningar för belysning eller arbetsöverföring (Statute
relating to Electric Installations for Illumination or Transmission of Power), of
the 31 December 1902, §§ 7, 15, 17, 20, 30, 32, 35, 44 etc.
Kommerskollegii kungörelse angående säkerhetsföreskrifter vid utförande av
elektriska anläggningar för belysning eller arbetsöverf öring (Board of Trade
Order relating to Measures of Precaution to be adopted in the Construction of
Electric Installations for Illumination or Transmission of Power), of the 1 March
1904, §§ 17, 21, 22, 24, 32, 39, 42—44, 46, 51, etc. and
Giftstadgan (the Poisons Statute), of the 7th December 1906, §§ 6, 16, 19
and 22.
3. Special laws for the protection of children. Förordningen angående
förbud för barn att idka viss försäljning (Statute Prohibiting Children carrying
on certain Sales), of the 4 December 1896, and Förordningen om, förbud mot
barns användande vid offentlig förevisning (Statute Prohibiting the Employment
of Children in Public Exhibitions), of the 10 December 1897, apply both to
boys under 14 and girls under 15.
The Statute of the 4 December 1896, which refers to the distribution or
offering for sale of goods in streets, or public squares, or public premises, in towns,
is of a purely optional character; its prohibitive regulations do not come into
force until the Town Council or the Governor of the Län have taken the
initiative, and the latter have resolved to that effect. Such prohibition shall not be
extended beyond the time from 3 p. m. to 8 a. m., except with regard to
Sundays and public holidays, when it may extend to the whole 24 hours.
4. The Women’s Night Work Act, of the 20 November 1909. The
scope of the Act appears to coincide pretty closely with the sphere assigned in
the Protection of Workers Act to. "large industry" (see note above). However,
it should be noted that the said term in the latter law signifies work for which
"at least 10 workers are regularly employed", and so on, whereas the Night
Work Act applies to work "in which during any period of the year next
previous or the current year more than 10 workers have been employed", and so
forth. For women employed in such enterprises, the Act prescribes an
uninterrupted free time of at least 11 hours every day (of 24 hours), which free time
shall include the period between 10 p. m. and 5 a. m.. In enterprises in
which seasonal work occurs, and, in exceptional cases, in other enterprises where
the work has for various reasons to be carried on at a pressure, the
uninterrupted free time may, after due announcement, be restricted to 10 hours out
of the 24 for a period of at most 60 days. With regard to enterprises concerned
in the preparation of goods that are liable to rapid deterioration, the Government
is empowered to issue special regulations. Thus, under the terms of this
enactment, special licenses have been granted by Royal Decree, whereby even during
the period from 10 p. m. to 5 a. m., women may be employed in such work
as is necessary in order that the raw goods arriving at the factories shall be
preserved from rapid deterioration; namely (1) in factories for the manufacture
of preserved fruit and vegetables (Royal Decree of the 9th June 1911) during
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