Restrictions on shipment of goods; prosecution; conviction
ProvidedAnd provided furtherNo producer, manufacturer, or dealer shall ship or deliver for shipment in commerce any goods produced in an establishment situated in the United States in or about which within thirty days prior to the removal of such goods therefrom any oppressive child labor has been employed: , That any such shipment or delivery for shipment of such goods by a purchaser who acquired them in good faith in reliance on written assurance from the producer, manufacturer, or dealer that the goods were produced in compliance with the requirements of this section, and who acquired such goods for value without notice of any such violation, shall not be deemed prohibited by this subsection: , That a prosecution and conviction of a defendant for the shipment or delivery for shipment of any goods under the conditions herein prohibited shall be a bar to any further prosecution against the same defendant for shipments or deliveries for shipment of any such goods before the beginning of said prosecution.
Investigations and inspections
section 211(a) of this titlesection 217 of this titleThe Secretary of Labor or any of his authorized representatives, shall make all investigations and inspections under with respect to the employment of minors, and, subject to the direction and control of the Attorney General, shall bring all actions under to enjoin any act or practice which is unlawful by reason of the existence of oppressive child labor, and shall administer all other provisions of this chapter relating to oppressive child labor.
Oppressive child labor
No employer shall employ any oppressive child labor in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce or in any enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce.
Proof of age
In order to carry out the objectives of this section, the Secretary may by regulation require employers to obtain from any employee proof of age.
June 25, 1938, ch. 676, § 1252 Stat. 106760 Stat. 1095Oct. 26, 1949, ch. 736, § 1063 Stat. 917Pub. L. 87–30, § 875 Stat. 70Pub. L. 93–259, § 25(a)88 Stat. 72(, ; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1(b), eff. , 11 F.R. 7873, ; , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 93–2591974—Subsec. (d). added subsec. (d).
Pub. L. 87–301961—Subsec. (c). inserted “or in any enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce”.
1949—Subsec. (a). Act , § 10(a), struck out effective date at beginning of subsection and inserted proviso excepting good faith purchaser of goods produced by oppressive child labor.
Subsec. (c). Act , § 10(b), added subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Pub. L. 93–259section 29(a) of Pub. L. 93–259section 202 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1961 Amendment
Pub. L. 87–30section 14 of Pub. L. 87–30section 203 of this titleAmendment by effective upon expiration of one hundred and twenty days after , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1949 Amendment
section 202 of this titleAmendment by act , effective ninety days after , see section 16(a) of act , set out as a note under .
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
64 Stat. 1263For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of Labor, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Labor, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
section 203 of this title“Secretary of Labor” substituted for “Chief of the Children’s Bureau in the Department of Labor” in subsec. (b) by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 2. See note set out under .