Employment of Children Act, 1903

Power to make byelaws for regulating the employment of children.

1. Any local authority may make byelaws—

(i) prescribing for all children, or for boys and girls separately, and with respect to all occupations or to any specified occupation,—

(a) the age below which employment is illegal; and

(b) the hours between which employment is illegal; and

(c) the number of daily and weekly hours beyond which employment is illegal:

(ii) prohibiting absolutely or permitting, subject to conditions, the employment of children in any specified occupation.