Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933

[Act No. 2 of Year 1933]

Contents
Sections	Particulars
1	Short title, extent and commencement
2	Definitions
3	Agreements contrary to the Act to be void
4	Penalty for parent or guardian making agreement to pledge the labour of a child
5	Penalty for making with a parent or guardian an agreement to pledge the labour of a child
6	Penalty for employing a child whose labour has been pledged

An Act to prohibit the pledging of the labour of Children

WHEREAS it is expedient to prohibit the making of agreements to pledge the labour of children, and the employment of children whose labour has been pledged;

It is hereby enacted as follows:-

Comment: The Act seeks to impose penalties on parents who enter into agreements pledging the labour of their children and on the persons who knowingly employ children whose labour has been pledged.