Image Shows the Child LabourProvisions of Bill:
- Ban of employment of children below 14 years in all occupations or except where child helps his family.
- New category of persons are added. It՚s called “adolescent” . They are person between 14 and 18 years of age.
- The Bill Prohibits of employment of adolescents in risky occupations such as mines, dangerous processes and inflammable material.
- Bill recommends that Union Government be empowers to add or omit any risky occupation from the list included in Bill.
- Punishment for employing any child in an occupation.
- Confinenment between 6 months and two years (from 3 months-one year) or a fine of 20,000 to 50,000 Rupees (from 10,000 to 20,000 Rupees) or both.
- Penalty for employing an adolescent in a hazardous occupation.
- Confinenment between 6 months and 2 years or a fine of 20,000 to 50,000 Rupees or both.
- The Bill empowers the government to make periodic inspection of places at which employment of children and adolescents are banned.
- To ensure the provisions of the law are properly carried out and implemented for that Government may Powers on a District Magistrate (DM) .
About Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986:
- In certain types of occupations prohibits the engagement of children below 14 years.
- Regulates the condition of work of children in other occupations.
- Prohibits employment of children in occupations like:
- Bidi-making
- Carpet weaving
- Automobile workshops
- Handloom and power loom industry
- Domestic work and Mines
- To obtain consistency in the definition of “child” in the related laws.
✍Examrace Team at Jul 20, 2016