Act Number: 63

Act Name: The Factories Act, 1948

Year: 1948

Enactment Date: 1948-09-23

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating labour in factories.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 99: Penalty for permitting double employment of child.
    If a child works in a factory on any day on which he has already been working in another factory, the parent or guardian of the child or the person having custody of or control over him or obtaining any direct benefit from his wages, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 1[one thousand rupees], unless it appears to the Court that the child so worked without the consent or connivance of such parent, guardian or person.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 20 of 1987, s. 37, for "fifty rupees" (w.e.f. 1-12-1987).
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