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 10: Disputes as to age.
    If any question arises between an Inspector and an occupier as to the age of any 1[adolescent] who is employed or is permitted to work by him in an establishment, the question shall, in the absence of a certificate as to the age of such 1[adolescent] granted by the prescribed medical authority, be referred by the Inspector for decision to the prescribed medical authority.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 35 of 2016, s. 14, for "child" (w.e.f 1-9-2016).
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