37. The Employment of Women, Young Persons
and Children Act (cap. 148, sect. 2) states that no child
shall be employed in any industrial undertaking or on ships. A
child is defined as a person under the age of 14. There is a
provision to the section which allows children under 14 to be
employed in industrial undertakings which are carried out in
recognized schools, as long as such work is approved and
supervised by a public authority.
39. Exception is made by The Employment of
Women, Young Persons and Children Act (cap. 148, sect. 8) to
agricultural or horticultural work done by a child for his
parents or guardians on the family land or garden outside of
school hours and also to the participation of a child without
fee or reward in an entertainment the net proceeds of which
are devoted to any charitable or educational purpose or to any
purpose other than the private profit of the promoters.
41. The Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act
(cap. 148, sect. 8) establishes that no child under the age of
14 years shall be employed and provides for exceptions to be
made for certain types of employment. There is no specific
provision for a higher age limit for employment which by its
nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out is
dangerous to the life, health or morals of the persons
employed therein, as recommended by article 5 of the Minimum
Age (Industry) Convention (Revised) 1937. The age limit for
hazardous employment remains 14 years.
