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

Short title, extent and commencement.

1. (1) This Act may be called the Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933.

¹(2) It extends to the whole of India.] ²[***]

(3) This section and sections 2 and 3 shall come into force at once, and the remaining sections of this Act shall come into force on the first day of July, 1933.