AN ACT
Restricting the Hours of Labor of Women and Children Under the Age of Sixteen Years.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii:
Section 1. The term “establishment” where used in this Act shall mean any place within this Territory other than where domestic or agricultural labor is employed; where men, women or children are engaged and paid a salary or wages by any person, firm or corporation, and where such men, women or children are employes in the general acceptance of that term.
Section 2. No minor under the age of sixteen years, and no female shall be employed in any establishment for a longer period than sixty (60) hours in any one week nor for a longer period than ten (10) hours in any one day.
Section 3. No minor under sixteen years and no female shall be employed or suffered to work in any establishment before the hour of six in the morning, or after the hour of six in the evening.
Section 4. Retail mercantile establishments shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 hereof during a period of ten days beginning with the fifteenth day of December and ending with the twenty-fourth day of the same month.
Section 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each day any person is employed, permitted or suffered to work in violation of this Act.
Section 6. This Act shall be in force and effect from and after the date of its approval.