Section 24. Prohibition of employment of children.

No child shall be required or allowed to work in any industrial premises.

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  • 1. 10thFebruary, 1970, vide notification No.IIE/2-1/70, dated the 9th February, 1970, in respect of section 3, in the State ofOrissa.
  • 2. Ins. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).*. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammuand Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
  • 2. Added by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 3 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 4, for “fifty” (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 5 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
  • 2. The proviso added by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 7 (w.e.f. 22-5-1993)2 . Subs. by s. 8, ibid., for “three months” (w.e.f. 22-5-1993)3 . Subs. by s. 8, ibid., for “five hundred rupees” (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 9, for certain words (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 10, for certain words (w.e.f. 22-5-1993).
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