Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2023, published 112nd ILC session (2024)

Night Work of Young Persons (Industry) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 90) - India (Ratification: 1950)

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Articles 2(1) and 3(1) of the Convention. Period during which night work is prohibited for persons under 18 years. The Committee previously noted that section 11 of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act of 2016, (Child Labour Amendment Act) prohibits night work between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. (which includes a period of 13 consecutive hours) to adolescents under 18 years of age and section 14(3) provides for penalties of imprisonment or fines for its violation.

In response to its previous comments concerning the application in practice of these provisions, the Committee notes the Government’s information in its report that the District Magistrate, who is conferred with the powers to ensure the enforcement of the Child Labour Amendment Act nominates District Nodal officers under his jurisdiction for exercising such powers. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the application in practice of sections 11 and 14(3) of the Child Labour Amendment Act of 2016, indicating the number of violationsrelated to night work by children under 18 years of age detected by the District Nodal Officers and the penalties applied.