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A lad engaged successful parcel loading and unloading was rescued by an authoritative squad present connected Thursday.
Acting connected accusation that a lad aged beneath 14 years was progressive successful the enactment successful the city, a squad led by Assistant Commissioner of Labour (Enforcement) K. Jayalakshmi, on with members of the District Child Labour Prevention Squad, conducted an inspection connected Park Road and Sadaiyappa Road astir 7 p.m. During the inspection, the lad was recovered engaged successful driving a bullock cart connected Sadaiyappa Road and was rescued. He was aboriginal produced earlier the District Child Welfare Committee.
Officials said that employment of children beneath 14 years is prohibited nether the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. Legal enactment is being initiated against the proprietor who had engaged the insignificant successful the work.
In a property release, Ms. Jayalakshmi said that employing children beneath 14 years and adolescents aged betwixt 15 and 18 years successful hazardous occupations is simply a punishable offence. Violators would look a good ranging from ₹20,000 to ₹50,000, oregon imprisonment from six months to 2 years, oregon both. She besides urged the nationalist to study instances of kid labour to the toll-free helpline 1098.
