Child Labour Prohibition — Prelims Strategy

Prelims Strategy

Identify the age category before evaluating the activity. A sixteen-year-old is not outside the labour framework merely because Article 24 mentions below fourteen; the adolescent hazardous-work prohibition remains relevant. Conversely, rules for an adolescent in a permissible setting cannot be transferred to a thirteen-year-old.

For exceptions, retain each condition. Family relationship, non-hazardous activity and after-school or vacation timing answer different questions. Removing one can change the analysis. The artist exception has its own category, circus exclusion and schooling safeguards. Parental consent is not a substitute for the statutory conditions.

Distinguish the 1986 principal Act, the 2016 amendments and the constitutional provisions. A statement about the older framework should not be assumed current after amendment. Read quoted definitions carefully: omitting the word not from has not completed fourteen reverses the meaning. Use official consolidated text and amendment provisions where a reproduction appears inconsistent, rather than carrying an obvious transcription defect into an answer.