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Children and young persons taking part in public entertainment

Children and Young Persons Act

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—(1) No child under the age of 12 years shall take part in a public entertainment which is promoted or performed for the profit of the promoter or performers or both.(2) No child or young person shall take part in any performance in a public entertainment which performance is dangerous to life or limb.(3) No child or young person under the age of 17 years shall take part in any public entertainment without the licence of the Commissioner.(4) Before issuing any such licence, the Commissioner shall be satisfied as to the health and physical fitness to perform of the child or young person and that proper measures have been and will be taken for the preservation of the health, and for securing kind treatment, of the child or young person.(5) The Commissioner may, in his discretion, refuse to issue a licence on the ground that the child or young person is not actually under the protection of at least one parent or of a legal guardian or that the conditions of employment or wages to be paid are unsatisfactory or inadequate or on any other grounds, whether similar to the foregoing or not, that may appear to him reasonable or proper, and he may, in his discretion, cancel any licence on any ground for which he could refuse to issue a licence, or for the breach of any condition thereof, but shall, if so required, furnish the child or young person or his parent or guardian with the ground of his refusal or cancellation in writing.(6) Any person aggrieved by the refusal or cancellation of a licence issued under this section may appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court.(7) An order cancelling a licence shall have effect until it is set aside on appeal.(8) In granting a licence the Commissioner shall impose such conditions as may be prescribed and may impose such additional conditions as he thinks fit.(9) Licences issued under this section shall expire on 31st December in each year.(10) In respect of any licence issued there shall be charged and paid such fee as the Minister may from time to time notify in the Gazette.

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