Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986

Chapter PART 1

PRELIMINARY

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Section 1

Short title, extent and commencement.

¹[1. Short title, extent and commencement.--

(1) This Act may be called ²[the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986].

(2) It extends to the whole of India.

(3) The provisions of this Act, other than Part III, shall come into force at once, and Part III shall come into force on such date³as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different States and for different classes of establishments.]

Footnote

Subs. by Act 35 of 2016, s. 2, for the long title (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).
Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986)" (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).
26th May, 1993, vide notification No. S.O. 333(E), dated 26th March, 1993, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).