Child Care Act, 1983 (Act No. 74 of 1983)Chapter 8 : Prevention of ill-treatment and unlawful removal of children52A. Prohibition of employment of certain children |
| 1) | Subject to the provisions of this Act or any other law, no person may employ or provide work to any child under the age of 15 years. |
| 2) | The Minister may, on the conditions determined by him - |
| a) | by notice in the Gazette exclude any employment or work from the provisions of subsection (1); and |
| b) | grant any particular person, or persons generally, exemption from the provisions of subsection (1). |
| 3) | An exemption under subsection (2) (b) shall - |
| a) | in the case of the exemption of a particular person be granted by issuing to such person a certificate of exemption in which his name and the conditions of the exemption and the name of the child or a description of the category of children with respect to whom exemption is granted are specified; |
| b) | in the case of the exemption of persons generally, be granted by the publication in the Gazette of a notice in which such persons are described and the conditions of the exemption and a description of the category of children with respect to whom exemption is granted are specified. |
| 4) | A certificate of exemption contemplated in subsection (3) (a) and a notice contemplated in subsection (3) (b) may at any time be amended or withdrawn by the Minister. |
| 5) | Any person who contravenes any provision of this section shall be guilty of an offence. |