Section 1
Short title, extent and commencement.
The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
About this Act
An Act to prohibit the engagement of children in all occupations and to prohibit the engagement of adolescents in hazardous occupations and processes and the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
1[1. Short title, extent and commencement.--(1) This Act may be called 2[the Child and Adolescent
Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986].
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) The provisions of this Act, other than Part III, shall come into force at once, and Part III shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different States and for different classes of establishments.]
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) The provisions of this Act, other than Part III, shall come into force at once, and Part III shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different States and for different classes of establishments.]
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 35 of 2016, s. 2, for the long title (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).
2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986)" (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).
3. 26th May, 1993, vide notification No. S.O. 333(E), dated 26th March, 1993, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986)" (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).
3. 26th May, 1993, vide notification No. S.O. 333(E), dated 26th March, 1993, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).