The provisions of §§ 120 and 150, 4 shall come into force on Oct. 1, 1891.
—The rest of this Act shall come into force on April 1, 1892.
—The legal provisions hitherto obtaining shall remain in force until April 1, 1894, in the case of such children from 12 to 14 years of age, and young persons between 14 and 16 years of age, as were employed, previous to the proclamation of this Act, in factories or in the Industrial establishments specified in §§ 154 (2) to (4), and 154a.
—In the case of businesses in which, previous to the proclamation of this Act, women workers over 16 years of age, were employed in night work, the Central Provincial Court may empower the further employment in night work of such women workers, in the same numbers as hitherto, until April 1, 1894, at the latest, if in consequence of suspension of night work, the continuation of the business to its former extent would involve an alteration which could not be made sooner without disproportionate expense. Night work shall not exceed in duration 10 hours in the 24, and in every shift intervals must be granted of an aggregate duration of at least one hour. Day and night shifts must alternate weekly.
Delivered under our Imperial hand and seal.
Given at Kiel, on board my yacht Meteor, June 1, 1891.
William.
von Caprivi.
Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London.