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2. Guiding Policies / Conventions/ Legislations.2.1 Constitutional Provisions3• Article 21 A- Right to Education: The State shall provide free andcompulsory education to all children of the age of 6 to 14 years insuch manner as the State, by law, may determine.• Article 23: Trafficking in human beings and forced labour isprohibited.• Article 24: Prohibition of employment of children in factories,etc. —No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed towork in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardousemployment.• Article 39 (e & f): The State shall, in particular, direct its policytowards securing “that the health and strength of workers, men andwomen, and the tender age of children are not abused and thatcitizens are not forced by economic necessity to enter avocationsunsuited to their age or strength”, and “children are givenopportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and inconditions of freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth areprotected against exploitation and moral and material abandonment.”2.2 Legal Provisions• The Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933: This Act prohibitsagreements that pledge the labour of a child for employment.• The Factories Act, 1948: This Act prohibits employment of childrenbelow 15 years of age in the factories. However, children in the agegroup of 14-15 can be employed subject to certain restrictionsspecified under the Act.• The Plantation Labour Act: The Act prohibits the employment ofchildren below 14 years of age in the plantations.• The Mines Act, 1952: The Act prohibits the employment of childrenbelow 18 years of age in excavations where work for the purposes ofsearching and obtaining minerals is carried out. It also prohibitsemployment of children in underground or open cast mine.• The Motor Transport Act, 1961: The Act prohibits the employmentof children in establishments related to transport.• The Beedi and Cigar Workers Act, 1966: The Act prohibits theemployment of children below 14 years of age in beedi and cigarindustries.3