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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 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.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

There are a number of Acts which prohibit the employment of children below 14 years and 15 years in certain specified employment However, 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 working and are working under exploitative conditions.

2.            THIS BILL INTENDS TO-

(i)            ban the employment of children, i.e., those who have not completed their fourteenth year, in specified occupations and processes;

(ii)           lay down a procedure to decide modifications to the Schedule of banned occupations or processes;

(iii)          regulate the conditions of work of children in employments where they are not, prohibited from working; ,

(iv)         lay down enhanced penalties for employment of children in violation of the provisions of this Act, and other Acts which forbid the employment of children;

(v)          to obtain uniformity in the definition of "child" in the related laws.

3.            THE BILL SEEKS TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

                 

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).

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