REGISTERED No. 0-(0)-72 — THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION) ACT, 1986

di 0. #(1)-72 REGISTERED No. 0-(0)-72 91RT TT 2M (he Gazette % Zudio STHTrMI EXTRAORDINARY Hnv Ito PART IISectlon 1 Afyatr # Pfrar PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 6o 75] No. 75] #ff favrml #tamt aatrar 23, 1986/ 9w 2, 190 8 NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 43, "986| PAUSA 9 {908 TG `M7 # f7 @o #ent 17 weit & fvmar fr 4( 4rTr Findit 0 & # ut M 00 Separato paging Is glven to thls Part lu order that It may be fled 0S separate compllatton MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 23rd December, 1986/ Pausa 2, 1908 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the Pregident on the 23rd December; 1986, and is hereby published for general informa- tion: THE CHILD LABOUR (PROHIBITION AND REGULATION) Act, I986 No. 6I OF 1986 [23rd December , 1986.] An Act to prohibit the engagement of childern in certain employ- ments and to regulate the conditions of work of children in cer- tain other employments. BE it enacted by Parllament in the Thirty-seventh Yeer of the Republic of India as follows: SE PART I PRELIMINAY 1. (1) This Act may be called the Chlld Labour (Prohlbitlon and Short titlc, Regulation) Act, 1986. extent and (2) It extends to the whole of India. coenmepce (3) The provisions of this Act, other than Part III, shall come into force at once, and Part III shall come into force on guch date 48 the (1 ) THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART II Central Government may, by notification in the Offlcial Gazette, appoint, and dfferent dates may be eppointed for dufferent States and for dlfferent Cusbc; OL eseauuSIunenls: Defnltloru 2. In thig Act; unlegg the context otherwise requires _ (2) 'approprlate Government' means, In relation to an establish- ment under the control of the Central Government or a reilway aumunistration or major port Or a mine