Section 15
Modified application of certain laws in relation to penalties.
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) Where any person is found
guilty and convicted of contravention of any of the provisions mentioned in sub-section (2), he shall be
liable to penalties as provided in sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 14 of this Act and not under the Acts
in which those provisions are contained.
(2) The provisions referred to in sub-section (1) are the provisions mentioned below:--
(a) section 67 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948);
(b) section 40 of the Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952);
(c) section 109 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958); and
(d) section 21 of the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961).
(2) The provisions referred to in sub-section (1) are the provisions mentioned below:--
(a) section 67 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948);
(b) section 40 of the Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952);
(c) section 109 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958); and
(d) section 21 of the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 (27 of 1961).