[Rev. 2012]
CAP. 226
Employment
53. Prohibition of worst forms of child labour
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of any written law, no person shall employ
a child in any activity which constitutes worst form of child labour.
(2) The Minister shall, in consultation with the Board, make regulations
declaring any work, activity or contract of service harmful to the health, safety or
morals of a child and subsection (1) shall apply to such work, activity or contract
of service.
54. Complaint to the labour officer or police officer
(1) A person may make a complaint to a labour officer or a police officer of
the rank of an inspector and above if that person considers any child to be
employed in any activity which constitutes worst form of child labour.
(2) On receipt of a complaint under subsection (1), the labour officer or the
police officer, as the case may be, shall within seven days investigate the
complaint and submit his finding to the person who filed the complaint and to the
Minister.
(3) Where the labour officer or the police officer considers it not expedient to
conduct an investigation under subsection (2), he shall in writing inform the
person and the Minister accordingly, giving reasons thereof.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2) employment of a child in any work
constituting worst form of child labour shall constitute a cognisable offence
punishable under section 64 or any other written law provided that no person
shall be punished twice for the same offence.
55. Powers of labour officer to cancel and prohibit contracts
(1) A labour officer may, by notice in writing served upon an employer,
terminate or cancel any contract of service, other than a deed of apprenticeship
or indentured learnership lawfully entered into under the provisions of the
Industrial Training Act (Cap. 237), which has been entered into by a child with the
employer, on grounds that, in the opinion of that labour officer, the employer is an
undesirable person, or that the nature of the employment constitutes worst forms
of child labour or for any other cause which may be prescribed.
(2) A labour officer may, by notice in writing served upon any person, prohibit
that person from employing a child in any class or description of employment
specified in the notice, on grounds that, in the opinion of the labour officer, that
person is an undesirable person, or that the nature of the employment constitutes
worst forms of child labour or for any other cause which may be prescribed.
(3) A notice given under subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall be personally
served upon the employer or the person to whom it is addressed.
(4) An employer, employee or person who is aggrieved by a notice given
under subsection (1) or subsection (2) may, within thirty days after the date of
service thereof, appeal in writing against that notice to the Industrial Court which
may confirm or set aside the notice and the decision of the court shall be final.
(5) An employer or a person who, having been served with a notice under
subsection (1) or subsection (2) which has not been set aside on appeal,
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