(b) “adolescent” means a person who has completed his fifteen year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year; [(bb) “calendar year” means the period of twelve months beginning with the first day of January in any year;]
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(c) “child” means a person who has not completed his fifteenth year of age;
[(ca) “competent person”, in relation to any provision of this Act, means a person or an institution recognised as such by the Chief Inspector for the
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*Dated 23-9-1948 †Shall be repealed by the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, with effect from a date yet to be notified. 1. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 2. Words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by the Central Labour Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1970, w.e.f. 1-9-1971. Earlier said quoted words were substituted by the Part B States (Laws) Act, 1951, w.e.f. 1-4-1951. 3. Inserted by the Factories (Amendment) Act, 1954, w.e.f. 7-5-1954. 4. Inserted by the Factories (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-12-1987.
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