Child Labour
THE CHILD LABOUR (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION) ACT, 1986
(ACT NO. 61 OF 1986)
[23rd December, 1986.]
An Act to prohibit the engagement of children in certain employments and to regulate the conditions of work of children in certain other employments.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: --
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement. -- (1) This Act may be called the Child
Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) The provisions of this Act, other than Part III, shall come into force at once, and Part
III shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different States and for different classes of establishments.
2. Definitions "child" means a person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age;
"occupier", in relation to an establishment or a workshop, means the person who has the ultimate control over the affairs of the establishment or workshop; PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN CERTAIN
OCCUPATIONS AND PROCESSES
3. Prohibition of employment of children in certain occupations and processes.-- No child shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the occupations set forth in Part
A of the Schedule or in any workshop wherein any of the processes set forth in Part
B of the Schedule is carried on:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any workshop wherein any process is carried on by the occupier with the aid of his family or to any school established by, or receiving assistance or recognition from, Government.
4. Power to amend the Schedule.-- The Central Government, after giving by notification in the Official Gazette, not less than three months notice of its intention so to do, may, by like notification, add any occupation or process to the Schedule and thereupon the Schedule
(ACT NO. 61 OF 1986)
[23rd December, 1986.]
An Act to prohibit the engagement of children in certain employments and to regulate the conditions of work of children in certain other employments.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: --
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement. -- (1) This Act may be called the Child
Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) The provisions of this Act, other than Part III, shall come into force at once, and Part
III shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different States and for different classes of establishments.
2. Definitions "child" means a person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age;
"occupier", in relation to an establishment or a workshop, means the person who has the ultimate control over the affairs of the establishment or workshop; PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN CERTAIN
OCCUPATIONS AND PROCESSES
3. Prohibition of employment of children in certain occupations and processes.-- No child shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the occupations set forth in Part
A of the Schedule or in any workshop wherein any of the processes set forth in Part
B of the Schedule is carried on:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any workshop wherein any process is carried on by the occupier with the aid of his family or to any school established by, or receiving assistance or recognition from, Government.
4. Power to amend the Schedule.-- The Central Government, after giving by notification in the Official Gazette, not less than three months notice of its intention so to do, may, by like notification, add any occupation or process to the Schedule and thereupon the Schedule