Section 1: Short Title, Extent and Commencement — Employment of Children Act, 1991

Partly in force — federal text; provincial/ICT scope varies (see notes) — Source: Pakistan Code (single official PDF, 2026-08-21). Whether this provision is still in force has not been independently verified.

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1. Short Title, Extent and Commencement.___(1) This Act may be called the Employment of Children Act, 1991. (2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan. (3) The provisions of this Act, shall come into force at once.

Effective date: 1991-01-01

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Section 2: Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires Section 3: Prohibition on Employment Section 4: Amendment of Schedule Section 5: National Committee on the Rights of the Child Section 6: Application of Part Section 7: Hours and Period of Work

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