Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children Act, 2016 (No. L). Pays/Territoire Pakistan Sous-division territoriale Punjab Type du document Législation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to prohibit the employment of children and to restrict the employment of adolescents in certain occupations and processes. Sujet Agriculture et développement rural Mot clé Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Infractions/sanctions Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Mer de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Asie du Sud Entry into force notes This Act enters into force at once. Résumé This Act, consisting of 25 sections completed by one Schedule, establishes the Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children. IT specifies that an occupier shall not employ or permit a child to work in the establishment. An occupier shall not employ or permit an adolescent to perform any hazardous work in the establishment. The Government shall, by notification, constitute a Committee to be called the Provincial Committee on Child Labour to advise the Government for appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures for the eradication of child labour and, subject to Article 11 of the Constitution, to propose the minimum age for purposes of employment in the Province. Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the occupier shall fix the period of work not exceeding three hours in a day; and, if the adolescent is required to work for more than three hours in a day, the occupier shall, after the initial period of three hours, provide a mandatory interval of at least one hour. The Schedule lists any occupation connected with hazardous works. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.punjabcode.punjab.gov.pk