Penalties under The Child Labour (Prohibition And Regulation) Act, 1986 :

Section 14 provides that whoever employs any child or permits any child to work in contravention of the provisions of Section 3 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than, three months but which may extend to one year or with fine which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but which may extend to twenty thousand rupees or with both. Whoever, having been convicted of an offence under Section 3, commits a like offence afterwards, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to two years.

Whoever fails to give notice or fails to maintain a register or makes any false entry in any such register; or fails to display a notice containing an abstract of Section 3 and14 or fails to comply with or contravenes any other provisions of the Act or the rules made there under, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment which may extend to one month or with fine .