The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2020

1. (1) This Act may be called the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2020.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

In the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, in its application to the State of Gujarat (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”), in section 14, -

1. (i) in sub-section (1), for the words “fifty thousand rupees”, the words “one lakh rupees” shall be substituted;
2. (ii) in sub-section (1A), for the words “fifty thousand rupees”, the words “one lakh rupees” shall be substituted.

In the principal Act, in section 14D, in sub-section (1), for the words “District Magistrate”, the words “District Magistrate, Municipal

Amendment of section 17A of 61 of 1986 In the principal Act, in section 17A, -

1. (i) for the words “District Magistrate”, the words “District Magistrate, Municipal Commissioner, Director of Labour or, as the case may be, the Regional Commissioner of Municipalities” shall be substituted;
2. (ii) in the marginal note, for the word “District Magistrate”, the words “District Magistrate, Municipal Commissioner, Director of Labour or Regional Commissioner of Municipalities” shall be substituted.