9. Insertion of new section 8A in the principal enactment

The following new section is inserted immediately after section 8, and shall have effect as section 8A of the principal enactment :—

8A. (1) The employer of any young person employed in any industrial undertaking and the parent or guardian of that young person shall if required by an authorized officer, furnish to that officer such information regarding the employment of that young person as that officer may require.

Any employer, parent or guardian who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section or willfully gives false information to an authorized officer regarding the employment of any young person in an industrial undertaking, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.