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Rohan, aged 16, is hired by a Pune firm to work in an occupation that is listed in the Schedule of hazardous occupations and processes under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. What is the legal position?

The employment is prohibited. Section 3A bars employing or permitting any adolescent to work in a hazardous occupation or process listed in the Schedule. Consent of parents, working after school or higher pay does not remove the prohibition.

  1. APermitted, provided he works only after school hours
  2. BPermitted, provided his parents give written consent
  3. CProhibited, as no adolescent may be employed or permitted to work in a scheduled hazardous occupation or processCorrect
  4. DPermitted, provided the firm pays him wages above the minimum rate

Explanation

Section 3A says no adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any hazardous occupation or process set out in the Schedule. Parental consent, school-hour timing or higher wages do not lift the prohibition. Option A confuses the family-enterprise exception for children with the adolescent rule.

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