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HomeSchemes Child Labour State Action planChapter – 2 The Child Labour Act, 1986 Procedure relating to offences

Procedure relating to offences

According to section 16 of the Act, any person, police officer or inspector may file a complaint of the commission of an offence under this Act, in any court of competent jurisdiction. Every certificate as to the age of a child which has been granted by a prescribed medical authority shall, for the purposes of this Act, be conclusive evidence as to the age of the child to whom it relates. No court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence under this Act.

Appropriate Government may appoint Inspectors for the purposes of securing compliance with the provisions of this Act and any Inspector so appointed shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the IPC. 17
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