Children And Young Persons Employment Act 1966
The children and young persons employment act 1966 act was passed to regulate any labour of a child or young person under the act a child is a person who is under the age of fifteen years and a young person is a person who is fifteen or older but below the age of eighteen years.
Children and young persons employment act 1966. 1 october 1966 p u. 2010 mys 2010 l 87335 children and young persons employment amendment act 2010 act a1386. 3 the minister may prohibit any child or young person from engaging or being engaged in any employment. 1 october 1966 p u.
1 short title and application. The type of work children and young persons can do is governed by part viii of the employment act and the employment of children and young persons regulations. No child under the age of 15 years or young person between age of 15 years and under the age of 18 years engaged in any employment shall in any period of 7 consecutive days be required or permitted to work for more than 6 days. Employment act chapter 91 section 70 employment children and young persons regulations.
Children and young persons shall be competent to enter into a contract of service provided that no damages or indemnity under the employment act 1955 shall be recoverable from a child or young person for breach of service s. 356 1966 be it enacted by the seri paduka baginda yang di pertuan agong with the advice and consent of the dewan negara and dewan rakyat in parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows. Where they can work children and young persons are limited in the type of work they can do in industrial settings e g. Children and young persons employment act 1966 this act prohibits children from working near hazardous and poisonous materials.
An act to provide for the welfare care protection and rehabilitation of children and young persons who are in need of such care protection or rehabilitation to regulate homes for children and young persons and to consolidate the law relating to children and young persons. Children and young persons employment act 1966 an act to regulate the employment of children and young persons. Children and young persons employment act 1966 an act to regulate the employment of children and young persons. Unannotated statutes of malaysia principal acts children and young persons employment act 1966 act 350 children and young persons employment act 1966 act 350 3 the minister may prohibit any child or young person from engaging or being engaged in any employment.
These regulations may be cited as the employment children and young persons regulations. Construction transportation and manufacturing and non industrial settings. 2 employment in which children and young persons may be engaged. 356 1966 be it enacted by the seri paduka baginda yang di pertuan agong with the advice and consent of the dewan negara and dewan rakyat in parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows.