Child labour Important points

Child labour Important points

Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 prohibits employment of children below the age of 14 years in 18 occupations and 65 Processes.

Constitutional Provisions:

Article 21A: Right to Education.

The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of 6 to 14 years in such manner as the State, by law, may determine.

Article 24: Prohibition of employment of children in factories etc.

No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed in work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment.

Article 39: The State shall direct its policy towards securing.

law Prohibiting and Regulating Employment of

Children.

Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986

As per the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 “child” means a person who has not completed his 14th year of age.

Other law apart from Child Labour (Prohibition &

Regulation) Act which prohibits the employment of children below the age of 14 years.

 Mines Act, 1952:

The Minimum age of a person to be employed in

mine is eighteen years as specified under sub-section (1) of Section 40 of the Mines Act, 1952.

Section 45 of Mines Act, 1952 prohibits presence of any person below 18 years of age in any part of the mine above ground where any operation connected with or incidental to any mining operation is being carried on.

Factories Act, 1948prohibits employment of child who has not completed 14 years.

The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 prohibits children less than 14 years of age to or carried to sea work in any capacity in any ship, subject to certain exceptions.

The Motor Transporters Act, 1961 prohibits employment of children less than 14 years in any motor transport undertaking.

The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 prohibits the employment of children less than 14 years of age in any industrial premises manufacturing beedi or cigar.

Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976 prohibits the employment of any person including children.

Explosive Act, 1984prohibits the employment of children below the age of 18 years.