The Child Labour (Prohibition And Regulation) Act, 1986

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 18 of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:- I. Short title and commencement. -(1) These rules may be called the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rues, 1988. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions .-In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Act" means the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986); (b) "Committee" means the Child Labour Technical Advisory Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act; (c) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Committee appointed under sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Act; (d) "Form" means a Form appended to these rules; (e) "register" means the register required to be maintained under section 11 of

1. Short title, extent and commencement .—(1) This Act may be called the Child 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 came into force at once, and Part III shall come into force on such date1 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. 2. Definitions. —In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (i) “appropriate Government” means, in relation to an establishment under the control of the Central Government or a railway administration or a major port or a mine or oilfield, the Central Government, and in all other cases, the State Government; (ii) “child” means a person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age; (iii) “day” means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at mid-night; (iv) “establishment” includes a shop, comm