(1) The manager of every factory in which children are employed shall maintain a register of child workers, to be available to the Inspector at all times during working hours or when any work is being carried on in a factory showing-
(a) the name of each child worker in the factory,
(b) the nature of his work,
(c) the group, if any, in which he is included,
(d) where his group works on shifts, the relay to which he is allotted, and
(e) the number of his certificate of fitness granted under section 69.
3[(1A) No child worker shall be required or allowed to work in any factory unless his name and other particulars have been entered in the register of child workers.]
(2) The 4[State] Government may prescribe the form of the register of child workers, manner in which it shall be maintained and the period for which it shall be preserved.
1 Subs. by Act 25 of 1954 2 Ins. by Act 20 of 1987 (w.e.f. 1.12.1987) 3 Ins. by Act 94 of 1976 (w.e.f. 26.10.1976) 4 Subs. for “Provincial” by the Adaptn. of Laws Orders, 1950.
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