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CHILD LABOUR: WHAT THE LAW SAYS HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIES Employing children is banned in a fixed list of 13 occupations and 57 processes, including railways, ports, abattoirs, cracker-making, mines, carpet-weaving, bidi-making, automobile repair and zari-making, termed by the law as 'hazardous' The penalty for this is imprisonment from three months to one year or a fine of Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 or both NON-HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIES Employing a child in an industry not termed as hazardous is not banned, but "regulated'' Every child must get an off day No child must work for more than six hours a day and not for longer than three hours at a stretch, with a one-hour break No child must work between 7 pm & 8 am Every employer must send the designated inspector (for regulating child labour) notice with the establishment' must be maintained for inspection by an inspector Failure to give the inspector a notice, to maintain a register or make false entries in it is punishable with simple imprisonment up to one month or a fine of up to Rs 10,000 or both Any person, police officer or inspector can file a complaint under this Act in a court Publication: Page Number:13 URL : http://epaper. |
