The Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 has been amended to prohibit employment of children below 14 years of age in all occupations and processes. This prohibition shall not be applicable to those children: (i) who help their family/family enterprise after school hours; and (ii) who work as an artist in an audio-visual entertainment industry, including advertisements, films, television serials or any such other entertainment or sports activities except the circus. Further, the amendment also prohibits employment of adolescents in hazardous occupations and processes. For the point of clarity, the term “adolescents” means persons who have completed their fourteenth year of age, but have not completed their eighteenth year, and “child” means persons who have not completed their fourteenth year of age.
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