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IND-1986-L-27803
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Title_of_text
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 (No. 61 of 1986).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
India
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons; Hazardous child labour
Adopted on (Date of text)
1986-12-23
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
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
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1988-08-10 (IND-1988-R-27804)
Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rules 1988 (G.S.R. 847(E)).
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1948-03-15 (IND-1948-L-32069)
The Minimum Wages Act 1948 (No. 11 of 1948).
Amended text(s)
1951-11-02 (IND-1951-L-32073)
The Plantations Labour Act 1951 (No. 69 of 1951).
Amended text(s)
1958-10-30 (IND-1958-L-32645)
Merchant Shipping Act 1958 (No. 44 of 1958).
Amended text(s)
1961 (IND-1961-L-48120)
Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (No. 27 of 1961).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2006-10 (IND-2006-L-74553)
Amendment to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986.
Amending text(s)
2012-12-04 (IND-2012-L-93652)
The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 (Bill No. LXII of 2012).
Amending text(s)
2010-10-04 (IND-2010-M-93653)
Ministry of Labour and Employment Notification No. S.O. 2469(E) amending the Schedule to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 (No. 61 of 1986).
Amending text(s)
2016-07-30 (IND-2016-L-105989)
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016 (No. 35 of 2016).
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1978-11-20 (IND-1978-L-12931)
Employment of Children (Amendment) Act 1978 (No. 39 of 1978).
Repealed text(s)
1938-12-01 (IND-1938-L-32062)
The Employment of Children Act 1938 (No. 26 of 1938).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
India Code
Author
Ministry of Law and Justice
Publisher
Governement of India
URL
http://indiacode.nic.in/fullact1.asp?tfnm=198661
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour (PENCIL)
Publisher
Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India
URL
https://pencil.gov.in/
File
IND27803.pdf (PDF of Act as amended to Act No. 30 of 2001)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Country
India
URL
http://labour.nic.in
File
IND27803 Schedule.pdf (List of Hazardous Occupations and Processes in Schedule as updated to Notification No. S.O. 2469(E) of 8 October 2010)
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.