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• The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016NAVIGATIONHomeLegislationUpdatesThe Child Labour (Prohibition And Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016LEGISLATION UPDATESSTATUTES/BILLS/ORDINANCESPublished on August 1, 2016By EditorLeave a commentThe Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016 receives the assent of the President on 29th July, 2016. The Act came into force in order to amend Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. Mentioned below are following amendments which have taken place due to the amendment Act.AMENDMENT IN LONG TITLE: “An Act to prohibit the engagement of children in all occupations and to prohibit theengagement of adolescents in hazardous occupations and processes and the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.”AMENDMENT IN SHORT TITLE: “the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986”, the words, brackets and figures “the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986” shall be substituted.SUBSTITUTION OF NEW SECTION FOR SECTION 3: (1) No child shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation or process. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply where the child,— (a) helps his family or family enterprise, which is other than any hazardous occupations orprocesses set forth in the Schedule, after his school hours orduring vacations; (b) works as an artist in an audio-visual entertainment industry, including advertisement, films, television serials or any such other entertainment or sports activities except the circus, subject to such conditions and safety measures, as may be prescribed: Provided that no such work under this clause shall effect the school education of the child. Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expression, (a) ‘‘family’’ in relation to a child, means his mother, father, brother, sister and father’s sister and brother and mother’s sister and brother; (b) ‘‘family enterprise’’ means any work, profession, manufacture or business which is performed by the members of the family with the engagement of other persons; (c) ‘‘artist’’ means a child who performs or practices any work as a hobby or profession directly involving him as an actor, singer, sports person or in such other activity as may be prescribed relatingto the entertainment or sports activities falling under clause (b) of sub-section (2).INSERTION OF NEW SECTION 3A: No adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the hazardous occupations or processes set forth in the Schedule: Providedthat the Central Government may, by notification, specify thenature of the non-hazardous work to which an adolescent may be permitted to work under this Act.AMENDMENT OF SECTION 14: (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) Whoever employs any child or permits any child to work in contravention of the provisions of section 3 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years, or with fine which shall not be less than twenty thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, or with both: Provided that the parents or guardians of such children shall not be punished unless they permit such child for commercial purposes in contravention of the provisions of section 3. (IA) Whoever employs any adolescent or permits any adolescent to work in contravention of the provisions of section 3A shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years or with fine which shall not be less than twenty thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, or with both: Provided that the parents or guardians of such adolescent shall not be punished unless they permit such adolescent to work in contravention of the provisions of section 3A. (1B) Notwithstandinganything contained in sub