Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986

The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 is the key law governing and preventing child labour in India. The Act was enacted to prohibit the engagement of children below the age of fourteen years in factories, mines and hazardous employments and to regulate their conditions of work in certain other employments.The Central Industrial Relation Machinery (CIRM) in the Ministry of Labour is responsible for enforcing this Act.

The main provisions of the Act are

• No child shall be required or permitted to work in any establishment in excess of such number of hours, as may be prescribed for such ....