(1)

Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to-

(a) persons employed in any establishment in a position of management;

(b) persons whose work mainly involves traveling, and persons employed as canvassers and caretakers and whose names do not appear in the muster rolls;

(c) establishments under the Central or any State Government, local authorities, the Reserve Bank of India and cantonment authorities;

(d) establishment in mines and oil fields;

(e) establishments in bazaars in places where fairs or festivals are held temporarily for a period not exceeding fifteen days at a time;

(f) establishments which, not being factories within the meaning of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act 63 of 1948) are in respect of matters dealt with in this Act, governed by a separate law for the time being in force in the State of Kerala.