Act Number: 2

Act Name: The Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933

Year: 1933

Enactment Date: 1933-02-24

Long Title: An Act to prohibit the pledging of the labour of children.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
1(1) This Act may be called the Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933.
2 (2) It extends to the whole of India 3 ***.
(3) This section and sections 2 and 3 shall come into force at once, and the remaining sections of this Act shall come into force on the first day of July, 1933.
Notes:
1. This Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I, to Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I and to the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep by Reg. 2 of 1970, s. 2 and Sch.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
3. The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).
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