Employment Of Women, Young Persons, And Children Act (No. 47 of 1956)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Interpretation

34.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

(2) For the purposes of this Act and of any regulation-

	(a) a person who is attending an elementary school and who attains the age of fourteen years during a school term shall not be deemed to cease to be a child until the end of that term;

	(b) a person who assists in a trade or occupation carried on for profit shall be deemed to be employed notwithstanding that he receives no reward for his labour; and

	(c) a chorister taking part in a religious service or practising for a religious service shall not, whether he receives any reward or not, be deemed to be employed.