
362 PART 3: MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISES
4. Child & Women Labour Legislation
The Child Labour Prohibition & Regulation Act, 1986
The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, extends to the whole of India and was
amended in 1988. The Act outlines where and how children can work and where they cannot. The
Act defines a child as any person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age. The Act is appli-
cable to all establishments such as workshops, farms, residential hotels, restaurants, eating houses,
theatres, or other places of public amusement where child labour is largely employed. The Act calls
for the establishment of a Child ...