 bill no 4 of  2013 the abolition of child labour bill, 2013 byshri bhausaheb r wakchaure, mp a billto abolish child labour in the country and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fourth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the abolition of child labour act, 2013(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "child" means a boy or a girl who has not attained the age of eighteen years; (c) "establishment" includes a household, shop, commercial establishment, workshop, farm or any residential place where commercial activity is involved, residential hotel, restaurant, eating-house, theatre or other place of public amusement or entertainment; and(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act53 child labour, in any form, in any establishment in the country, is hereby abolishedabolition ofchild labour punishment4 subject to the provisions of section 6, whoever employs a child in anyestablishment, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine which may extend to rupees one lakh105 any parent or a lawful guardian of a child, who coerces his child into employment,shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and with fine which may extend to rupees fifty thousandpunishment to parents or lawful guardians for coercion6 (1) any establishment employing children shall remove such children fromemployment within a period of six months from the date of coming into force of this act15closure of an organisation/ establishment engaging child labour(2) if, after the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (1), any establishment failsto remove children employed in that establishment, the appropriate government shall order closure of such establishment207 (1) the appropriate government shall establish at least one children home in every district for rehabilitation of children found employed in any establishment or collecting rags and waste or beggingestablishment of children homes for rehabilitation of children(2) the children homes established under sub-section (1) shall provide free boarding and lodging, education, maintenance and such other facilities to the children, as may be prescribed, till they attain the age of eighteen years25(3) any child who is found employed in any establishment or collecting rags and waste or begging shall immediately be taken into custody by the police and sent to the nearest children homeact to have overriding effect8 the provisions of this act or rules made thereunder shall have effect notwithstandinganything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any instrument having effect of law by virtue of any law other than this act30power to make rules9 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act35(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsindia has the largest number of child labour in the world the official figure is thirteen million but the actual number may be much higher indian children are the source of cheap labour because they can be paid less wages or can be abused without provoking retaliation these children work in industries manufacturing crackers, diamond polishing, glass, brassware, carpet weaving, bangle making, lock making and mica cutting to name just a few a large number of children also work as domestic servantspoverty is cited as a major cause of child labour, but it is not the only determinantinadequate number of schools or even the expense of providing education leave some of the children with practically no option but to work the attitude of parents also contribute to child labour compulsory elementary education may help ameliorate this attitude the problem of child labour cannot be eliminated in one stroke many countries have enacted laws providing for ban on buying products of industries where children are employedonly multi-dimensional strategies including compulsory elementary education, eradication of poverty, eradicating parental illiteracy, making child labour illegal will help in achieving this objective stringent legal provisions, severe punishment for violation of laws, rehabilitation of children already engaged in work have to go along with abolition of child labour in the country therefore, it is high time that a stringent law for abolition of child labour is enactedhence this billnew delhi;bhausaheb r wakchaurenovember 15, 2012 financial  memorandumclause 7 of the bill provides that the appropriate government shall establish at least one children home in every district for the rehabilitation of children found employed in any establishment or  collecting rags and waste or begging the central government  will have to incure expenditure from the consolidated fund of india for establishment of children homes in respect of union territories the state governments will incur expenditure for establishment of children homes in the states from their respective consolidated funds the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is likely to involve a recurring expenditure of about rupees fifty crore per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto abolish child labour in the country and for matters connected therewith————(shri bhausaheb r wakchaure, mp)gmgipmrnd—4665ls(s3)—08022013