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Regulation as to employment of child under 10, and certificate of education or previous school attendance being condition of employment of child over 10.
33 & 34 Vict. c. 75.
36 & 37 Vict. c. 86.
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5. A person shall not take into his employment (except as herein-after in this Act mentioned) any child—
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(2.) Who, being of the age of ten years or upwards, has not obtained such certificate either of his proficiency in reading, writing, and elementary arithmetic, or of previous due attendance at a certified efficient school, as is in this Act in that behalf mentioned, unless such child, being of the age of ten years or upwards, is employed, and is attending school in accordance with the provisions of the Factory Acts, or of any byelaw of the local authority (herein-after mentioned) made under section seventy-four of the Elementary Education Act, 1870, as amended by the Elementary Education Act, 1873, and this Act, and sanctioned by the Education Department.
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