8. Canteens. --(1) The State Government may make rules requiring that in every place wherein one
hundred motor transport workers or more employed in a motor transport undertaking ordinarily call on duty
during every day, one or more canteens shall be provided and maintained by the employer for the use of the
motor transport workers.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for --
(a) the date by which the canteens shall be provided;
(b) the number of canteens that shall be provided and the standards in respect of construction,
accommodation, furniture and other equipment of the canteens;
(c) the foodstuffs which may be served therein and the charges which may be made therefor;
(d) the constitution of a managing committee for a canteen and the representation of the motor
transport workers in the management of the canteen.
(3) The State Government may, subject to such conditions as it may impose, delegate to the chief
inspector the power to make rules with reference to clause (c) sub-section (2).
9 Rest rooms- (1) In every place wherein motor transport workers employed in a motor transport
undertaking are required to halt at night, there shall be provided and maintained the employer for the
use of those motor transport workers such number of rest rooms or such other suitable alternative
accommodation, as may be prescribed.
(2) The rest rooms or the alternative accommodation to be provided under sub-section (1) shall be
sufficiently lighted and ventilated and shall be maintained in a clean and comfortable condition.
(3) The State Government may prescribe the standards in respect of construction, accommodation,
furniture and other equipment of rest rooms or the alternative accommodation to be provided under this
section.
10. Uniforms- (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules
requiring an employer of a motor transport undertaking to provide for the drivers, conductors and line
checking staff employed in that undertaking such number and type of uniforms, raincoats or other like
amenities for their protection from rain or cold as may be specified in the rules.
(2) There shall be paid to the drivers, conductors and line checking staff by the employer an
allowance for washing of uniforms provided under sub-section (1) at such rates as may be prescribed;
Provided that no such allowance shall be payable by an employer who has made at his own cost
adequate arrangements for the washing of uniforms.
11. Medical facilities- There shall be provided and maintained by the employer so as to be readily
available such medical facilities for the motor transport workers at such operating centers and halting
stations as may be prescribed by the State government.
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12. First-aid facilities- (1) There shall be provided and maintained by the employer so as to be
readily accessible during all working hours a first –aid box equipped with the prescribed contents in every
transport vehicle.
(2) Nothing except the prescribed contents shall be kept in a first- aid box.
(3) The first-aid box shall be kept in the charge of the driver or the conductor of the transport vehicle
who shall be provided facilities for training in the use thereof.