Act Number: 61

Act Name: The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986

Year: 1986

Enactment Date: 1986-12-23

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    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.]
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).
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