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Repeal and savings.-(1) The Employment of Children Act, 1938 (26 of 19::'>8), is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken or purported to have been done or taken under the Act so repealed shalL in so far as iL is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been done or ti'lken under the corresponding provisions of this Act. •-z3. Amendment of Act 11 of 1948.-ln section 2 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948,- (i) for clause (a), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:- '(a) "adolescent" means a person who has completed his fourteenth year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year; (aa) "adult" means a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age;' (ii) after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- '(bb) "child" means a person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age'. ""24. Amendment of Act 69 of 1951.-ln the Plantations Labour Act, 1951,- (a) in section 2, in clauses (a) and (c), for the word "fifteenth", the word "iourteenth" shall be substituted; (b) section 24 shall be omitted; (c) in section 26, in the opening portion, the words "who has completed his twelfth year" shall be omitted. S<·clions 23 to 26 have been repealed by section 2 and First Schedule of the Repealing and !\mending Acl, 2001 (30 of 2001} (w.e.L 3-'l-2001}. The repeal by this Act shall not effect any other enadm<•nt in which the repealed ennctment has been applied, incorporated or referred to II • • • • • • • • • 10 The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 [Sec. 25 *25. Amendment of Act 44 of 1958.-In the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, in section 109, for the word "fifteen", the word "fourteen" shall be substituted. *26. Amendment of Act 27 of 1961.-In the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961, in section 2, in clauses (a) and (c), for lhe word "fifteenth", the word ''fourteenth" shall be substituted. THE SCHEDLfl.[ (Ser secllon 3) PART A OCCUPATIONS An occupntion connected with- (1) Transport of p<~ssenger!>, goods or mails by railway; (2) Cinder picking, clearing of an 01sh pil or -building operation in the rnilw.:ty premises; (3) Work in,, catering establishment at a railway station, involving the movement of a vendor or any other employee of the establishment from one pl,1tform to <mother or into or out of a moving train; (4) Work relating to the construction of a railway station or with any other work where such work is done in dose proximity to or between the rililway lines; (5) A port authority within the limits of ilny port; 1[(6) Work relating to selling of crackers and fireworks in shops with temporary licences;] 2[(7) Abattoirs/slaughter Houses;] 3[(8) Automobile workshop and garages; (9) Foundries; (tO) Handling of toxic or inflammable substances or explosives; (11) Handloom and powerloom industry; (12) Mines (underground and underwater) and collieries; (13) Pl<Jstic units and fibreglass workshops;] '[(14) Employment of children as domestic workers or servants; (15) Employment of children in dhabas (road side eateries), restaurants, hotels, motels, tea shops, resorts, spas or other recreational centres;] 5!(16) Diving;] 6!(17) Circus;] "[{18) Caring of Elephants.] I. 2