 2 6 jull935 bill no 133 of 1185 the employment of children (amendment) bill, 1985 a billfurther k) amend the employment of children act, 1938 be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the employment of children (amend-short title ment) ad, 1985 lind comliienccment 3 (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint z section 4 of the employment of children act, 1938 shall be renumbered as sub-section (3) thereof and-amendment of eection 4, (a) before sub-section (3) as so re-numbered, the following subsections shall be inserted, namely:-10 15 "(1) whoever employs any child ~ permits any child to work in contravention of the provision's ot section 3 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to one year or with fine which shall not be less than five hundred rupees but which may extend to two thousand rupees or with both (2) whoever having been convicted of an offence under section 3 for employing any child or permitting any child- to work in contravention of' the provisions of section 3 commits a like offence afterwards, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years: provided that the court may, for any adequate and p~ial 5 reasons to be recorded in the judgment, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than six months"; (b) in sub-section (3) as so ~numbered, clause (a) shall be omitted  i corrigenda t"  ,-j'he-empldyment (f qi i wren (amendmelr) bill-1985{to belas introduced in lo\ sabha) , ;----,,  page 1- l -il9ainst-une-7'-in--t~-margin, insert -"26 of 1938" 2 page 3, line -8,-, r !2!: "process" '~ "processes" - new dellii; ~ulv 23 1985 ~avana 1 19d7 (s'aka)  statement of objects and reasonsthe employment of children act, 1938 regulates the employment of children in certain industrial employments section 3 of the act prohibits the employment of children under 15 years and the employment, during night time, of children between 15 and 17 years in certain hazarduous occupations in railway's and in ports the section also prohibits the employment of children under 14 years in workshops in which any of the 'process mentioned in the schedule to the act are carried on 2 section 4 of the act which, inter alia, provides for the penalty for contraventions of the said section 3 makes no distinction between first and subsequent offences further, the penalty provided by the section is also not deterrent it is accordingly proposed to provide that a per· son contravening the provisions of section 3 of the act shall be punishable, in the case of a first offence, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to one year or with fine which shall not be less than five hundred rupees but whicn may extend to two thousand rupees or with both and in the case of a c;econd or subsequent offence, with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years 3, the bill seeks to achieve the above objective nfw d2lhi; t anjaiah the 18th july, 1985  jb[tuct from thb employmldnt 01' childmn act, 1_(2~ 01' 1938) - - - - - c wboever-() employs any child or permits any child to work· in contra  vention of the provision! of section 3; or (b) fau to give notice a required by section 3b; or (c) faus to maintain a register as required by section 3d or makes any false entry in any such register; or (d) fails to display a notice containing an abstract of subaeetions (1) and (2) of section 3 and section  as required by section se, shall be punishable with limple imprj,sqnment which may extend to one month or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both  " - - -  -  a billfurther to amend the emplo~ent of children act, 1938 (shri t an;i4h minister of state of the ministry of labour) 