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Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 (No. 61 of 1986).

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India
Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons; Hazardous child labour
1986-12-23
National
Law, Act

Second Region

An Act to prohibit the engagement of children in certain employments and to regulate the conditions of work for children in certain other employments. It applies to children under the age of fourteen years. It prohibits their employment in several listed trades, including work connected to railroads and ports. Within trades where children may work, the Act fixes the hours of work, forbids night work, provides for a weekly day of rest, and specifies basic health and safety requirements. The Schedule to the Act sets out the processes and occupations in which it is forbidden to employ children under the age of 14 years. This list is periodically amended by the Child Labour Technical Advisory Committee.

Part I - Preliminary
Part II - Prohibition of Employment of Children in certain Occupations and Processes
Part III - Regulation of Conditions of Work of Children
Part IV - Miscellaneous

Schedule A - Occupations
Schedule B - Processes

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    1986-12-23
    All parts except Part III come into force at once

Gradual Entry dates region

    Date of gradual entry into force
    1993-05-26
    Part III comes into effect on this date

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Electronic region

Monograph region

    Monograph title
    A Manual of Labour Laws
    Author
    Lal J
    Publisher
    Law Publishers (India)
    Place of publication
    Allahabad
    Country
    India
    Date
    1990
    Edition
    12th ed.
    Volume
    Vol. 1, Part 5
    Page range
    pp. 1-13
    Monograph title
    Industrial Law
    Author
    P.L. Malik
    Publisher
    Eastern Book
    Place of publication
    Lucknow
    Country
    India
    Date
    1997
    Edition
    17th ed.