Amendment of section 2

In section 2 of the principal Act,— (a) clause (i) shall be renumbered as clause (ia) thereof and before clause (ia) as so renumbered, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(i) “adolescent” means a person who has completed his fourteenth year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year;’; (b) for clause (ii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— ‘(ii) “child” means a person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age or such age as may be specified in the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, whichever is more;’. In section 4 of the principal Act, for the words “add any occupation or process to the Schedule”, the words “add to, or, omit from, the Schedule any hazardous occupation or process” shall be substituted.