Government
of Madhya Pradesh vide notification no.1036-183-2018-A-XVI has amended
The Madhya Pradesh Child Labour (Prohibition And Regulation) Rules,1993.
As per the amendment,
(1) Inserted a new provision towards awareness on
prohibition of employment of child and adolescents in contravention to
Act, child to held his family without affecting education, child to work
as an artist, hours of work for an adolescent person, payment of amount
to child or adolescents for labour rehabilitation fund, person who are
capable of filing complaints, provision towards compounding an offence,
duties of magistrate and inspector, periodical inspection and
monitoring,
(2) New provision also include liability of producer for
involving a child in audio-visual production or any commercial event and
producer for such activity shall furnish Form C to the district
magistrate for approval,
(3) Replaced the previous rule towards
certificate of age and therefore,
(i) mandated that employer shall
produce a certificate of age received from the appropriate medical
authority to the Inspector on demand,
(ii) The appropriate medical
authority while examining an adolescents shall consider details such as
Aadhar card, the date of birth certificate, birth certificate of
adolescents given by a corporations or a Municipal Authority or a
Panchayat.
Kindly refer notifications for more details.
Effective Date would be 2nd Aug, 2021.
