Child Labour Act 1986 The Schedule : 1.[(See section 3A) : (1) Mines. (2) Inflammable substances or explosives. (3) Hazardous process. Explanation : For the purposes of this Schedule, "hazardous process" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (cb) of the Factories Act, 1948…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 22 : Repeal and savings : (1) The Employment of Children Act, 1938 (26 of 1938) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken under the Act…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 21 : Power to remove difficulties : (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 20 : Certain other provisions of law not barred : Subject to the provisions contained in section 15, the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 19 : Rules and notifications to be laid before Parliament or State legislature : (1) Every rule made under this Act by the Central Government and every notification issued under section 4, shall be laid, as soon as may be…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 18 : Power to make rules : (1) The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette and subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 17B : 1.[Inspection and monitoring : The appropriate Government shall make or cause to be made periodic inspection of the places at which the employment of children is prohibited and hazardous occupations or processes are carried out at such intervals…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 17A : 1.[District Magistrate to implement the provisions : The appropriate Government may confer such powers and impose such duties on a District Magistrate as may be necessary, to ensure that the provisions of this Act are properly carried out…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 17 : Appointment of Inspectors : The appropriate Government may appoint Inspectors for the purposes of securing compliance with the provisions of this Act and any Inspector so appointed shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 16 : Procedure relating to offences : (1) Any person, police officer or Inspector may file a complaint of the commission of an offence under this Act in any court of competent jurisdiction. (2) Every certificate as to the age…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 15 : Modified application of certain laws in relation to penalties : (1) Where any person is found guilty and convicted of contravention of any of the provisions mentioned in sub-section (2), he shall be liable to penalties as provided…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 14D : 1.[Compounding of offences : (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the District Magistrate may, on the application of the accused person, compound any offence committed for the first time by…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 14C : 1.[Rehabilitation of rescued child or adolescent : The child or adolescent, who is employed in contravention of the provisions of this Act and rescued, shall be rehabilitated in accordance with the laws for the time being in force.]…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 14B : 1.[Child and Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund : (1) The appropriate Government shall constitute a Fund in every district or for two or more districts to be called the Child and Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund to which the amount…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 14A : 1.[Offences to be Congnizable : Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), any offence committed by an employer and punishable under section 3 or section 3A shall be cognizable. --------- 1. Ins.…
Child Labour Act 1986 Part IV : Miscellaneous : Section 14 : Penalties : 1.[(1) Whoever employs any child or permits any child to work in contravention of the provisions of section 3 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 13 : Health and safety : (1) The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for the health and safety of the 1.[adolescent] employed or permitted to work in any establishment or class of establishments. (2)…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 12 : Display of notice containing abstract of 1.[sections 3A and 14] : Every railway administration, every port authority and every occupier shall cause to be displayed in a conspicuous and accessible place at every station on its railway or…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 11 : Maintenance of register : There shall be maintained by every occupier in respect of 1.[adolescent] employed or permitted to work in any establishment, a register to be available for inspection by an Inspector at all times during working…
Child Labour Act 1986 Section 10 : Disputes as to age : If any question arises between an Inspector and an occupier as to the age of any 1.[adolescent] who is employed or is permitted to work by him in an establishment, the question shall,…