Shops (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1938

PART II.

Restrictions on Employment of Juveniles.

Prohibition of employment of persons under fourteen years of age in shops.

16.—(1) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of a shop to employ any person whose age is less than fourteen years to do shop work.

(2) It shall not be lawful for the proprietor of a shop to permit any person whose age is less than fourteen years and who is a relative of such proprietor to do shop work except as a part-time occupation.

(3) If the proprietor of a shop employs a person in contravention of this section such proprietor shall be guilty of an offence under this section and such person shall also be guilty of an offence under this section.