These rules may be called the Punjab Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) First Amendment Rules, 2023
Contents News/Article Date: 21st April 2023
Relating to which Act: Punjab Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) First Amendment Rules 2023; Child Labour & Adolescent Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) 1986 (Central Act No. 61 of 1986)
Penalty under the Act: 10. Persons who may file complaint. – Any person who may file a complaint under the Act for commission of any offence include school teachers and representatives from school management committee, child protection committee, Panchayat or Municipality, who shall be sensitized to file complaint, in the event that any of students in their respective schools is employed in contravention to the provisions of the Act.
- Manner of compounding offences. – (1) An accused person, –
(i) who commits an offence for the first time under sub-section (3) of section 14; or
(ii) who being parent or a guardian, commits an offence under the said section, may file an application to the District Magistrate having jurisdiction for compounding the offence under sub-section (1) of section 14D.
Applicable to which State: Punjab
Type: Punjab Government Gazette Ordinary No. GSR/44 / C.A./61/1986/S/18A/md (2)/2023 issued by Secretary to Government of Punjab
Pertains to: The State Government, to ensure that the children and adolescents are not employed or permitted to work in any occupation or process in contravention to the provisions of the Act, through appropriate measures,
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And in this instance: RULES
- (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) First Amendment Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
- In the Punjab Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rules, 1997 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 1, in sub-rule (1), for the words “Child Labour”, the words “Child and Adolescent Labour” shall be substituted.
- In the said rules, in rule 2, –
(i) for clause (a), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely: – “(a) “Act” means the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (Central Act No. 61 of 1986);
(aa) “Committee” means the Technical Advisory Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Act”;
Subject: These rules may be called the Punjab Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) First Amendment Rules, 2023.
Attached is the notification