As the title suggest, it deals with part III of the Act to regulate child labor. For detailed recommendations and guidelines regarding compensation in M.C. Mehta case, judgment can be referred.

1. REGULATION OF CHILDREGULATION OF CHILD
LABORLABOR
-Madhubala Solanki
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2. WHAT IS CHILD LABOUR?
• Practice of having children
engage in economic activity,
on part or full time basis.
The practice deprives
children of their childhood,
their potential & their
dignity and that is harmful
to their physical, mental &
social development.

3. ACT Divided in four parts with
26 sections
• PART IPART I - PRELIMINARY
CONSIST SECTION 1 & 2 OF ACT
• PART IIPART II - PROHIBITION OF EMPLOYEMENT OF
CHILDREN IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS
AND PROCESSES
CONSIST SECTION 3,4 & 5 OF ACT
• PART IIIPART III – REGULATION OF CONDITIONS OF
WORK OF CHILDREN
CONSIST SECTION 6 TO 13 OF ACT
• PART IVPART IV – MISCELLANEOUS
CONSIST SECTION 14 TO 26 OF ACT

4. OObjective:bjective:
To prohibit the engagementTo prohibit the engagement
of children in certainof children in certain
employment’semployment’s
To regulate the conditionsTo regulate the conditions
of work of children in certainof work of children in certain
other employment’s.other employment’s.

5. Regulation of Conditions of work of
Children under the Act
SECTION -6
Application of Part
The provisions of this Part shall apply to an establishment or
a class of establishments in which none of the occupations or
processes referred to in Sec. 3 is carried on.

6. SECTION- 7
HOURS AND PERIOD OF WORK FOR CHILDREN
No child shall be required or permitted to work in excess hours.
The period of work on each day so fixed that no period shall exceed
three hours and that no child shall work for more than three hours
before he has had an interval for rest for at least one hour.
The period of work of a child shall not be spread over more than six
hours, including interval time & the time spent in waiting for work.
No child shall be permitted to work between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m.
No child shall be permitted or required to work overtime.
No child shall be permitted to work in any establishment on any day on
which he has already been working in another establishment.

7. SECTION- 8
Weekly holidays
Every child employed in an establishment shall be allowed in
each week, a holiday or one whole day, which day shall be
specified by the occupier in a notice permanently exhibited
in a conspicuous place in the establishment.

8. SECTION-9 : Notice to Inspector
(1) Every occupier in relation to an establishment in which
a child was employed, within a period of thirty days, send
to the Inspector a written notice containing the following
particulars, namely :
(a) the name and situation of the establishment;
(b) the name of occupier;
(c) the address of establishment;
(d) the nature of the occupation or process.
Nothing in Secs. 7,8and 9 shall apply to any establishment
wherein any process is carried on by the occupier with the
aid of his family or to any schools established by, or
receiving assistance or recognition from, Government.

9. SECTION-10: Disputes as to age
If any question arises between an Inspector and an occupier as
to the age of any child who is employed in an establishment, the
question shall, in the absence of a certificate as to the age of
such child granted by the prescribed authority, be referred by
the Inspector for decision to the prescribed medical authority.
( A govt. medical officer not below the rank of an
Assistant surgeon of a district or on officers
having equivalent rank in ESI Dispensaries or
hospitals)

10. Construction Co. v. Govt. Labour
Officer & Inspector (2006) 9 SCC 225
• Construction Site
• The point raised in appeal was whether the
inspector appointed under the Act had the power
to pass an order holding that the labor employed
by the A were below the age limit prescribed
under the Act and to also direct the A to pay
compensation.
• A relied on the certificates issued by Surpunch
and Gram panchayat.
• 60,000 /- compensation

11. SECTION-11: Maintenance of register
There shall be maintained by every occupier in respect of children
employed or permitted to work in any establishment, showing –
(a) the name and date of birth of every child so employed or
permitted to work;
(b) hours and periods of work of any such child and the intervals
of rest to which he is entitled;
(c) the nature of work of any such child; and
(d) such other particulars as may be prescribed.

12. SECTION- 12
Display of notice containing abstract of Sections 3
and 14
This section makes provision for display of notice in a
conspicuous place at every railway station or port or place of
work, regarding prohibition of employment of child labour,
penalties, etc., in the local languages and in the English
language.

13. SECTION-13: Health and safety
The appropriate Government may, by notification in the
official Gazette, make rules for the health and safety of the
children employed or permitted to work in any establishment,
for all or any of the following matters, namely :
(a) cleanliness in the place of work and its freedom for
nuisance;
(b) disposal of wastes and effluents;
(c) ventilation and temperature;
(d) dust and fume;
(e) artificial humidification;
(f) lighting;
(g) drinking water;
(h) latrine and urinals;
(i) spittoons;
(j) fencing of machinery;

14. (k) work at or near machinery in motion;
(l) employment of children on dangerous machines;
(m) instructions, training and supervision in relation to
employment of children on dangerous machines;
(n) device for cutting off power;
(o) self-acting machinery;
(p) easing of new machinery;
(q) floor, stairs and means of access;
(r) pits, sumps, openings in floors, etc.;
(s) excessive weight;
(t) protection of eyes;
(u) explosive or inflammable dust, gas, etc.;
(v) precautions in case of fire;
(w) maintenance of buildings; and
(x) safety of buildings and machinery.

15. M.C. Mehta vs State of TN (1996) 6
SCC 756
• Petition against violation of children’s right
under art. 24 and 45
• 221 registered match factories and firework
were employing 2941 children in Sivakasi.
• Committee and recommendations
• Decision
• If employers employing children illegally.......

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