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| Name: | Employment of Children Act 1938 (No. 26 of 1938) [as amended to 1974]. |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Subject(s): | Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1938 |
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| ISN: | BGD-1938-L-47334 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=47334&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation Bangladesh, 1992, Alimullah Miyan, Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, Deventer and Boston, 4 p. Bangladesh Labour and Industrial Law, 1995, A.A. Khan, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2nd ed. Labour and Industrial Law of Bangladesh, 1996, Chowdhury, Bangladesh, pp. 530-534 Labour and Industrial Laws of Bangladesh, 2000-04, Nirmalendu Dhar with assistance of Nesar Ahmed, Remisi Publishers, Dhaka, Bangaldesh, pp. 807-815 |
| Abstract/Citation: | Prohibits the employment of children under the age of twelve in specified industries (including carpet-making, cement manufacture, tanning, soap manufacture); proscribes the employment of children under fifteen in railways and ports. Children employed between the ages of fifteen and seventeen shall be provided prescribed periods of rest. |
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