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Minimum Wages Act 1948

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• As per the Factories Act, 1948
Just after independence, The Factories Act 1948, prohibits and employment of children below 14 years in a factory. The Act requires persons between the age of 14 years to obtain a certificate of fitness from a certifying surgeon and periodical examination. The Act prohibits employing children between 14 and 17 years at night (between 10 p.m.), between 14 and 15 years for more than 4½ hours in any day, only one shift and in one factory. The Act prohibits employing children in certain processes within factories. They can not be allowed to work on machines which are considered dangerous. They shall not clean, lubricate or adjust any part of prime mover or of any transmission machinery while it is in motion or if …show more content…

It has provided for minimum wages for children and apprentices. It also made provisions regarding hours of work (4½ hours in the case of a child) and physical fitness.
• The Mines Act, 1952
The Mines Act, 1952 has defined a child as a person below 15 years. The Act not only prohibits the employment of children in mines, but also prohibits the presence of children in any part of the mine which is below ground or above ground where any mining operation is being carried on. A young person (between 16 to 18 years) is allowed to work in any part of below ground if he as a medical certificate from a certifying surgeon about his fitness. Even then such a person cannot work at night (between 6.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m.). Punishment for violation is imprisonment up to three months or a fine up to Rs. 1,000 or both.

• The Plantation Labour Act, 1951:
The Plantation Labour Act, 1951 has Prohibited employment of children below 12 years of age. It also regulates hours of work with no work at night. No child can be allowed to work for more than 40 hours a week and only between 6.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. It has prescribed a few welfare measures for the children as well as education facilities for children of the Plantation workers. The Act has the same provisions for offences and penalties as the Factories …show more content…

No person below age 18 can be a trimmer or stoker in any ship and all persons below 18 years require a medical certificate. Such medical certificates are required at intervals of one year. The Act has imposed a modest penalty of a fine up to Rs. 50 for violation of the

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