Malaysia legislation
Section 3
of CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (EMPLOYMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019
Section 3
Section 2 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) For the purpose of this section, “hazardous work” means work specified in the Fourth Schedule.”;
Children and Young Persons (Employment) (Amendment)
(b)
by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsections:
“(1a) No child or young person shall be, or be required or permitted to be, engaged in any hazardous work, or any employment other than those specified in this section.
(1b)
Notwithstanding subsection (1a), a young person may be engaged in any hazardous work with personal supervision if he is—
(a)
under an apprenticeship contract; or
(b)
undergoing a vocational training.”;
(c)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:
“(2a) The age of admission to light work as specified in paragraph (2)(a) shall not be less than thirteen years.
(2b)
Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), no child or young person shall be, or be required or permitted to be, engaged in any employment specified in the Fifth Schedule.”;
(d)
in subsection (3)—
(i)
by deleting paragraph (b);
(ii)
in paragraph (c), by deleting the words “bars,”
and “, club”;
(iii)
in paragraph (e), by substituting for the colon at the end of the paragraph a full stop; and
(iv)
by deleting the provisos;
(e)
in subsection (5), by deleting the words “or in any employment requiring him to work underground”; and
(f)
by deleting subsection (6).
Amendment of section 8