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?
15
18
12
14
Answer and explanation
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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