Section 17
Appointment of Inspectors.
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.
The appropriate Government may appoint Inspectors for the
purposes of securing compliance with the provisions of this Act and any Inspector so appointed shall be
deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).