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Meera, aged 15, helps in her father's family enterprise after school hours. The enterprise's work is a process set out in the Schedule as hazardous. Under the Act, how does the family-enterprise exception apply?

The exception does not apply. Section 3(2)(a) protects help to a family enterprise only if the enterprise is other than a hazardous occupation or process in the Schedule. Doing the work after school hours or for a parent does not remove the prohibition, and Section 3A also bars adolescent work there.

  1. AIt applies, since the work is after school hours
  2. BIt applies, since her father is the employer
  3. CIt applies only during vacations
  4. DIt does not apply, since the exception covers only enterprises other than hazardous occupations or processes in the ScheduleCorrect

Explanation

The family exception in Section 3(2)(a) covers help to a family enterprise that is other than a Schedule hazardous occupation or process. Timing after school or kinship does not rescue hazardous work, and Section 3A also bars adolescents from such work.

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