[3. Prohibition of employment of children in any occupation and process.—(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 or
processes set forth in the Schedule, after his school hours or during 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 enterprises” 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
relating to the entertainment or sports activities falling under clause (b) of sub-section
(2).]
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[3A. Prohibition of employment of adolescents in certain hazardous occupations and
processes.—No adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the hazardous occupations or
processes set forth in the Schedule:
Provided that the Central Government may, by notification, specify the nature of the non-hazardous
work to which an adolescent may be permitted to work under this Act.]
4. Power to amend the Schedule.—The Central Government, after giving by notification in the
Official Gazette, not less than three months’ notice of its intention so to do, may, by like notification, 3
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to, or, omit from, the Schedule any hazardous occupation or process] and thereupon the Schedule shall be
deemed to have been amended accordingly.
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[Technical Advisory Committee].—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, constitute an advisory committee to be called the 4
[Technical Advisory Committee]
(hereafter in this section referred to as the Committee) to advise the Central Government for the purpose of
addition of occupations and processes to the Schedule.
(2) The Committee shall consist of a Chairman and such other members not exceeding ten, as may be
appointed by the Central Government.
(3) The Committee shall meet as often as it may consider necessary and shall have power to regulate
its own procedure.
1. Subs. by Act 35 of 2016, s. 5, for section 3 (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).
2. Ins. by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).
3. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for “add any occupation or process to the Schedule” (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).
4. Subs. by s. 8, ibid., for “Child Labour Technical Advisory Committee” (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).
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(4) The Committee may, if it deems it necessary so to do, constitute one or more sub-committees and
may appoint to any such sub-committee, whether generally or for the consideration of any particular matter,
any person who is not a member of the Committee.
(5) The term of office of, the manner of filling casual vacancies in the office of, and the allowances, if
any, payable to, the Chairman and other members of the Committee, and the conditions and restrictions
subject to which the Committee may appoint any person who is not a member of the Committee as a
member of any of its sub-committees shall be such as may be prescribed.