*[Child Labour and trafficking].

(c) all forms of domestic employment, meaning employment in households, doing work of a domestic nature, either temporarily, permanently, piece-rated or part time; (d) all forms of self employment meaning labour such as rag picking, plastic bag selling, nut selling, running errands, carrying load of shoppers etc. (3) All Children who are identified as child labourers shall be immediately released therein and placed in a registered Children’s Home or a State run institution or any other place identified under the Plan of Action. (4) The State shall ensure that a satisfactory Rehabilitation Programme is in position before taking action on this. (5) The punishment for contravention of the provisions of this Section shall be as under:— (a) for all forms of hazardous employment, a fine of Rs. 50,000/- ( Rupees fifty thousand only ) with simple imprisonment of one year for the employer; (b) for all forms of non-hazardous employment, a fine of Rs. 25,000/- ( Rupees twenty five thousand only) and simple imprisonment of three months for the employer; (c) for all forms of domestic labour, a fine of Rs. 50,000/-(Rupees fifty thousand only) for the person employing the domestic child labour; (6) The State shall formulate a comprehensive Plan of Action to eradicate all forms of Child Labour in a phased manner. The Plan shall include schemes for the identification, release and rehabilitation of the child labourers, their education, integration into society and imparting skills and vocational training to them and for the prevention of child labour the plan of action shall be published in the Official Gazette every year. (7) The Plan of Action shall be implemented phase-wise and the Government shall specify the dates from which each of the penal action in sub-section (5) above shall be effective and full publicity to this shall be given by the Director. (8) There shall be Special Officers to monitor the implementation of the Plan of Action to eliminate child labour, and to carry out such other duties as the Government may specify. The Officer shall be assisted by a Task Force of such other persons as may be prescribed. (9) The district police, airport police, traffic police, border police, Labour Inspectors and railway police shall immediately take cognizance of all reports or information’s or petitions or complaints of offences of child labour or child trafficking and shall investigate into the matter for further necessary action. They shall also intimate in writing every such suspected case or report or information or petition or complaint of child labour and of child trafficking to the nearest Special Officer. The Special Officer may pass such orders, under section 15, as deemed fit in the best interest of such victim child.