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INTRODUCTIONACT 61 OF 1986PRELIMINARY

PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYMENT

REGULATION OF CONDITIONS OF WORK

MISCELLANEOUS

INTRODUCTION

Employment of children below 14 and 15 years in certain prohibited employments have been prohibited by various Acts but there is no procedure laid down in any law for deciding in which employments, occupations or processes the employment of children should be banned.

There is also no law to regulate the working conditions of children in most of the employments where they are not prohibited from

INTRODUCTION

working and are working under exploitative conditions. Accordingly it was decided to enact a comprehensive law on the subject. To achieve this objective the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Bill was introduced in the Parliament.

ACT 61 OF 1986

The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Bill, 1986 having been passed by both the Houses of Parliament received the assent of the President on 23rd December, 1986. It came on the Statute Book as THE CHILD LABOUR (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION) ACT, 1986 (61 of 1986).

Defi nit ions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires

"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.

PRELIMINARY

Short title, extent and

commencement

PROHIBITION O F E M P L O Y M E N T O F C H I L D R E N I N C E RTA I N

O C C U PAT I O N S A N D P R O C E SS E S

Prohibition of employment of children in certain occupations and processes

Power to amend the Schedule

Child Labour Technical Advisory

Committee

R E G U L AT I O N O F C O N D I T I O N S O F W O R K O F

C H I L D R E N

Application of Part Hours and period of work Weekly holidays Notice to Inspector Disputes as to age Maintenance of register Display of notice containing abstract

of sections 3 and 14 Health and safety

M I S C E L L A N E O U S

Penalties Modified application of certain laws in

relation to penalties Procedure relating to offences Appointment of Inspectors Power to make rules Rules and notifications to be laid

before Parliament or State legislature Certain other provisions of law not

barred Power to remove difficulties Repeal and savings

Child labour distribution by branch of economic activity, 5-17 years old