Section 18
New section 71a
of Labour Ordinance of Sarawak (Amendment) Act 2025
The Ordinance is amended by inserting after section 71
the following section:
“Interpretation.
Quoted provision
Section 71a
In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires—
“employment” means employment in any labour for the purposes of gain, whether the gain be to a child, young person or to any other person;
“family” means the father, mother, sibling or any guardian who has custody, of a child or young person;
“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;
“public entertainment” means entertainment to which the public or any section of the public is admitted or in connection with which any charge, whether for admission or not, is made or at which any collection or subscription is received and includes performances for the making of films for public exhibition other than news films but does not include any entertainment given by the pupils of any school registered under the Education
Act 1996 [Act 550] at or under the auspices
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of such school, or any entertainment promoted by a voluntary, social or welfare body which has been approved by the Director.
(2)
For the purposes of this Chapter, the age of admission to light work as specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 73
shall not be less than thirteen years.”.
Amendment of section 73