A factory manager assigns a 17-year-old adolescent to work in a hazardous process without any safety gear. Is this legally permissible? Outline the specific restrictions placed on an adolescent's daily working hours and

Section 3A of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 provides that no adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any of the hazardous occupations or processes under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. The hazardous occupations or processes are as under: Mines Inflammable substances or explosives. Hazardous process. However, the Central Government may, by notification, specify the nature of the non-hazardous work to which an adolescent may be permitted to work under this Act. Section 7 the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 further provides that no adolescent shall be required or permitted to work in any establishment in excess of such number of hours, as may be prescribed for such establishment or class of establishments. The period of work on each day shall be so fixed that no period shall exceed three hours and that no adolescent shall work for more than three hours before he has had an interval for rest for at least one hour. The period of work of an adolescent shall be so arranged that inclusive of his interval for rest, it shall not be spread over more than six hours, including the time spent in waiting for work on any day. This section also stipulates that: No adolescent shall be permitted or required to work between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. No adolescent shall be required or permitted to work overtime. No adolescent shall be required or permitted to work in, any establishment on any day on which he has already been working in another establishment. In the given case, and in light of the above mentioned provisions, a 17 years old adolescent is not permitted to work in any of the hazardous occupations or processes under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986.