Query on articleship working hours (case)

nimisha (Student CA Final ) (28 Points)

28 August 2014  

Quoting hereunder the rules regarding articleship hours:

"The working hours for the articled assistants shall be 35 hours in a week excluding the lunch break"

"Further, where the articled assistant is required to work beyond normal working hours, and aggregate of such hours exceed 35 hours per week, he/she shall be entitled to compensatory leave calculated with reference to number of completed working hours, over and above, 35 hours per week"

Now my query regarding these rules:

Say, I went on an audit outstation. I used to go out of my house at 6:00 AM in the morning, travel 4 hours to reach my audit destination at 10:00 AM. I work there upto 04:00 PM including half an hour of lunch break. I travel back to reach my home at 08:00 PM. This same schedule goes on for 6 days, i.e Monday to Saturday.

How many hours shall i be deemed to have worked in the week?