Section 17A
District Magistrate to implement the provisions.
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[17A. District Magistrate to implement the provisions.--The appropriate Government may confer
such powers and impose such duties on a District Magistrate as may be necessary, to ensure that the
provisions of this Act are properly carried out and the District Magistrate may specify the officer,
subordinate to him, who shall exercise all or any of the powers, and perform all or any of the duties, so
conferred or imposed and the local limits within which such powers or duties shall be carried out by the
officer as may be prescribed.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 35 of 2016, s. 20 (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).