Employment of persons below eighteen years of age
Section 70 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 deals with employment of persons below eighteen years of age. No person below eighteen years of age shall be allowed to work in any mine or part thereof. The Act came into force on 21 Nov 2025.
(1) No person below eighteen years of age shall be allowed to work in any mine or part thereof.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), apprentices and other trainees, not below sixteen years of age, may be allowed to work, under proper supervision, in a mine or part thereof by the manager as referred to in section 67:
Provided that in the case of trainees, other than apprentices, prior approval of the Chief Inspector-cum-Facilitator or an Inspector-cum-Facilitator shall be obtained before they are allowed to work.
(3) The Central Government may prescribe the provisions for medical examination of apprentice, other trainee and employee in the mine to ensure their fitness to work and to prevent the persons below sixteen years of age to work as apprentice or trainee and those who are not adults to work as such employee.
Explanation.--- In this section, "apprentice" means an apprentice as defined in clause (a) of section 2 of the Apprentices Act, 1961(52 of 1961).
Section 70, The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (Act 37 of 2020).
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Questions about Section 70
What does Section 70 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code deal with?
Section 70 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code is headed "Employment of persons below eighteen years of age". No person below eighteen years of age shall be allowed to work in any mine or part thereof.
How do I find court cases under Section 70 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 70, section 70 Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, section 70 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 70 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on Apprentices Act 2 (Definitions), section 67 (Managers), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.
When did Section 70 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code come into force?
Section 70 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, cited as Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 70, came into force on 21 Nov 2025, having been enacted on 28 Sep 2020. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 2. Definitions6449 words
- 136. Power of Central Government to make regulations in relation to mines and dock work2155 words
- 38. Special powers of Inspector-cum-Facilitator in respect of factory, mines, dock work and building or other construction work2119 words
- 133. Power of appropriate Government to make rules1333 words
- 25. Daily and weekly working hours, leave, etc914 words
- 3. Registration of certain establishments813 words
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