* Section 42: Washing facilities - This section mandates that factories provide adequate and suitable washing facilities for workers.
* Section 43: Facilities for storing and drying clothing - According to this section, the State Government may make rules requiring factories to provide suitable places for storing clothing not worn during working hours and for drying wet clothing.
* Section 44: Facilities for sitting - This section mandates that suitable seating arrangements must be provided for workers who are required to work in a standing position, to allow them to rest during work hours.
* Section 45: First-aid appliances - It is required by this section that factories provide and maintain first-aid boxes or cupboards, readily accessible during all working hours, with the prescribed contents.
* Section 46: Canteens - According to this section, the State Government may make rules requiring factories with more than 250 workers to provide and maintain a canteen for the use of the workers.
* Section 47: Shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms - This section mandates that factories with more than 150 workers provide adequate and suitable shelters or rest rooms and a suitable lunch room for workers to eat meals.
* Section 48: Creches - Factories employing more than thirty women workers must provide and maintain a suitable room or rooms for the use of children under the age of six years of such women, as per this section.
* Section 49: Welfare officers - The State Government may appoint welfare officers in factories employing a specified number of workers to attend to the welfare of the workers.
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