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What is the lower age boundary for an adolescent under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986?

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What is the lower age boundary for an adolescent under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986?

  1. 15

  2. 18

  3. 12

  4. 14

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Correct answer: D - 14

Section 2(i) of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 defines an adolescent as a person who has completed fourteen years but not eighteen years of age. Eighteen is the upper limit of adolescence, not the lower; below fourteen the person is a child under section 2(ii).

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