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Employment of Children Act 1938 (No. 26 of 1938) [as amended to 1974].

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First Region

Bangladesh
Elimination of child labour, protection of children and young persons
1938
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Prohibits the employment of children under the age of twelve in specified industries (including carpet-making, cement manufacture, tanning, soap manufacture); proscribes the employment of children under fifteen in railways and ports. Children employed between the ages of fifteen and seventeen shall be provided prescribed periods of rest.

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    Monograph title
    Legislation Bangladesh
    Author
    Alimullah Miyan
    Publisher
    Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers
    Place of publication
    Deventer and Boston
    Date
    1992
    Page range
    4 p.
    Monograph title
    Bangladesh Labour and Industrial Law
    Author
    A.A. Khan
    Publisher
    Mohiuddin Ahmed
    Place of publication
    Dhaka
    Country
    Bangladesh
    Date
    1995
    Edition
    2nd ed.
    Monograph title
    Labour and Industrial Law of Bangladesh
    Author
    Chowdhury
    Country
    Bangladesh
    Date
    1996
    Page range
    pp. 530-534
    Monograph title
    Labour and Industrial Laws of Bangladesh
    Author
    Nirmalendu Dhar with assistance of Nesar Ahmed
    Publisher
    Remisi Publishers
    Place of publication
    Dhaka
    Country
    Bangaldesh
    Date
    2000-04
    Page range
    pp. 807-815