[(1)] [Added by Act 17 of 2010 (w.e.f. 18.5.2010)] Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no adult worker shall be required or allowed to work on any plantation in excess of [forty-eight hours] [ Substituted by Act 58 of 1981, Section 9, for " fifty-four hours " (w.e.f. 26.1.1982).] a week and no adolescent [* *] [Certain words [or child] omitted by Act 17 of 2010 (w.e.f. 18.5.2010) ] for more than [twenty-seven hours] [ Substituted by Act 58 of 1981, Section 9, for " forty hours " (w.e.f. 26.1.1982).] a week.

(2)

[ Where an adult worker works in any plantation on any day in excess of the number of hours constituting a normal working day or for more than forty-eight hours in any week, he shall, in respect of such overtime work, be entitled to twice the rates of ordinary wages:

Provided that no such worker shall be allowed to work for more than nine hours on any day and more than fifty-four hours in any week.

(3)

For any work done on any closed holiday in the plantation or on any day of rest, a worker shall be entitled to twice the rates of ordinary wages as in the case of overtime work.] [ Inserted by Act 58 of 1981, Section 9 (w.e.f. 26.1.1982).]