Malaysia legislation
Section 2
of CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019
Section 2
The Children and Young Persons (Employment) Act 1966
[Act 350], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in subsection 1a(1)—
(a)
by substituting for the definition of “child” the following definition:
‘ “child” means a person under the age of fifteen years;’;
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(EMPLOYMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019
(b)
by inserting after the definition of “entertainment” the following definition:
‘ “family” means a parent, sibling or guardian who has custody, of a child or young person;’;
(c)
by substituting for the definition of “light work” the following definition:
‘ “light work” means any work performed by a child or young person which is not likely—
(a)
to be harmful to his health, mental, or physical capacity; or
(b)
to prejudice his attendance at school that includes any place which teaches any religion, his participation in vocational orientation or training programmes approved by the competent authority or his capacity to benefit from the instruction received;’;
(d)
in the definition of “Minister”, by substituting for the word “labour” the words “human resources”; and
(e)
by substituting for the definition of “young person” the following definition:
‘ “young person” means a person who has attained the age of fifteen years and under the age of eighteen years.’.
Amendment of section 2