Conditions of Employment Act, 1936

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Proof of age of young person before employment.

14.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any employer to employ a young person unless or until a birth certificate or other satisfactory evidence of the age of such young person has been produced to such employer.

(2) Whenever a birth certificate of a young person is required for the purposes of this section, such young person or his parent or guardian shall, on presenting a written requisition in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars and on payment of a fee of sixpence, be entitled to obtain a certified copy of the entry of the birth of such young person in the register of births under the hand of the registrar or superintendent registrar or other person having the custody thereof; and forms for such requisition shall on request be supplied without any charge by every registrar of births and by every superintendent registrar or other person having the custody of the register.

(3) If any employer employs a young person in contravention of this section, such employer shall be guilty of an offence under this section and such young person shall also be guilty of an offence under this section.