Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act : Penalties. Indian Bare Acts :

Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act,1986

Act No : 61

Section : Penalties.

14. Penalties. (1) Whoever employs any child or permits any child
to work in contravention of the provisions of section 3 shall be
punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than
three months but which may extend to one year or with fine which shall
not be less than ten thousand rupees but which may extend to twenty
thousand rupees or with both.

(2) Whoever, having been convicted of an offence under section 3,
commits a like offence afterwards, he shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but
which may extend to two years.

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(3) Whoever--

(a) fails to give notice as required by section 9; or

(b) fails to maintain a register as required by section 11
or makes any false entry in any such register; or

(c) fails to display a notice containing an abstract of
section 3 and this section as required by section 12; or

(d) fails to comply with or contravenes any other provisions
of this Act or the rules made thereunder.

shall be punishable with simple imprisonment which may extend to one
month or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with
both.