Child Labour Act

Amendments to Child Labour Act to come into force HYDERABAD: Households, officers, hotels and guesthouses employing children aged below 14 years as domestic helps, will be in trouble from Tuesday when a Statewide campaign is being launched against child labour in the domestic and hospitality sectors. The campaign is being launched with a formal function at Jubilee Hall here in line with the amendments made to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act of 1986 that will come into force from October 10. Similar functions will be held in all districts. Teams consisting of officials of Labour, School Education, Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, Revenue and Municipal Administration Departments and representatives of NGOs, will "raid" houses and establishments employing children as labour. The children will be freed and employers punished.