Child Labour (Pro­hi­bi­tion & Reg­u­la­tion) Act 1986.

Important points on Child Labour (Pro­hi­bi­tion & Reg­u­la­tion) Act 1986.

1. The Child Labour (Pro­hi­bi­tion and Reg­u­la­tion) Act, 1986 is an ex­am­ple of Pro­tec­tive Labour Leg­is­la­tion.


2. Un­der the Child Labour (Pro­hi­bi­tion and Reg­u­la­tion) Act, 1986, a child is one who has not com­pleted his 14 years.


3. Which of the fol­low­ing leg­is­la­tions ap­ply to un­or­ga­nized sec­tor work­ers in In­dia?

(A) Min­i­mum Wages Act
(B) Child Labour (Pro­hi­bi­tion and Reg­u­la­tion) Act, 1986
(C) Con­tract Labour (Reg­u­la­tion and Abo­li­tion) Act 1970
(D) All of the above


An­swer - (D)


4. As per the Act, Week means a pe­riod of 7 days be­gin­ning at mid­night on Sat­ur­day.


5. Any­body who con­tra­venes the pro­vi­sions of Sec­tion 3 (Pro­hi­bi­tion of em­ploy­ment of chil­dren in cer­tain oc­cu­pa­tions and processes) shall be pun­ished with min­i­mum 3 months which may ex­tend up to 1 year of im­pris­on­ment.


6. Sec­tion 13  of the Act de­tails out the pro­vi­sions re­lated to Health and Safety un­der the Act.


7. As per the act, a child should not be per­mit­ted to work be­tween 7 PM to 8 AM.


8. To Pre­scribed Med­ical Au­thor­ity shall the case be ini­tially re­ferred by the In­spec­tor in case of any ques­tion re­gard­ing age of a child per­mit­ted to work in an es­tab­lish­ment. 


9. Sec­tion 7, 8 & 9  of the act shall not ap­ply to any es­tab­lish­ment wherein any process is car­ried out by the oc­cu­pier with the aid of his fam­ily. 


10. 1959 is the year for "The De­c­la­ra­tion of the Rights of Child".


11. Sec­tion 2 (ii) of The Child Labour (Pro­hi­bi­tion and Reg­u­la­tion) Act, 1986 de­fines the term "Child".