Kishan Lal is a farmer. He is having a small piece of agriculture land, in which he and his wife Kanta, do all the farming activities. They do not engage any labour and do the work themselves. Sometime their children, Su

Section 3 of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 provides that no child shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation or process except: (a) helps his family or family enterprise, which is other than any hazardous occupations or processes set forth in the Schedule, after his school hours or during vacations; (b) works as an artist in an audio-visual entertainment industry, including advertisement, films, television serials or any such other entertainment or sports activities except the circus, subject to such conditions and safety measures, as may be prescribed. However, no such work shall affect the school education of the child. Hence, in the given case, when the children are asked to help the parents in normal farming activity and their school timings are not affected (as schools are off), there is no violation, since section 3 of the Act permits such activities as part of family enterprise.