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CHAPTER V - HOURS AND LIMITATION OF EMPLOYMENT

Section 24. Prohibition of employment of children.

No child shall be employed to work in any plantation.]

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  • 1. The Act comes into force in Pondicherry on 1-10-1963 by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I. The Act has been amended in Keralaby Kerala Act 25 of 1969.
  • 2. 1st April, 1954: see S.R.O. 880 dated 6th March, 1954, Gazette of India, 1954, Pt. II, Sec. 3, p. 530
  • 3. Subs. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 2, for sub-section (4) (w.e.f. 21-11- 1960).
  • 4. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 2, for "or cinchona" (w.e.f. 26-1- 1982).
  • 5. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “10.117 hectares” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 6. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “thirty” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 7. Ins. by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu andKashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 2, for “10.117 hectares” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “thirty” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 3. Subs. by Act 61 of 1986, s. 24, for “fifteenth” (w.e.f. 23-12-1986).
  • 4. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 3 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 6. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 7. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 3 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 3, for cl. (f) (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for cl. (h) (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 3. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for cl. (k) (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 4. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “rupees seven hundred and fifty” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 6. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “managerial capacity, notwithstanding that his monthly wages do not exceed rupees seven hundred andand fifty” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 4 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 5 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 3, for “and children are, or are to be” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 2. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 4 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 3. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 4, for “chief inspector” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 6, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 26-1- 1982).
  • 2. Ins. by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 6, for “such rooms” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for section 15 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

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  • 1. Certain words and figures omitted by Act 34 of 1960, s. 5 (w.e.f. 21-11- 1960).
  • 2. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 8 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 5 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

Page 16

  • 1. Section 19 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 58 of 1981, s. 9 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 9, ibid, for “fifty-four hours” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 3. The words “or child’ omitted by Act 17 of 2010, s. 6 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 4. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 9, for “forty hours” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 5. Ins. by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 6-1-1982).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 10, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by Act 42 of 1953, s. 4 and the Third Schedule, for “19”.
  • 3. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 7 (we.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. The words “and children” omitted by Act 17 of 2010, s. 8 (we.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 2. The words “or child” omitted by s. 8, ibid. (we.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 3. The words “child and no” omitted by Act 17 of 2010, s. 9 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 4. The words “child or” omitted by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. The words “either as a child or” omitted by s.10, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. The proviso omitted by Act 58 of 1981, s. 11 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 6 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 3. The existing Explanation numbered as Explanation 1 thereof by Act 58 of 1981, s. 11 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 4. Ins. by s. 11. ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 5. Subs. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 7, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 21-11- 1960).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 42 of 1953, s. 4 and the Third Schedule, for "any period less than".
  • 2. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 12 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 3. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 11 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 12, for “three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both” (w.e.f.7-6-2010).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 12, ibid., for “three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 3. Subs. by s. 13, ibid., for “one month, or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 4. Subs. by s. 14, ibid., for “six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 13 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 12, for section 39 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 8 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 2. The word "and" omitted by Act 58 of 1981, s. 14 (w.e.f. 26-1- 1982).

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  • 1. Added by Act 58 of 1981, s. 14 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 16, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 3. Sub-section (4) omitted by Act 4 of 2018, s. 3 and the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 5-1-2018).