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§ 50-6-12 NMSA 1978

Penalties

Known as the Child Labor Act

The act spans §§ 50-6-1 to 50-6-9 (20 sections).

Laws 1925, ch. 79, § 13; C.S. 1929, § 80-118; 1941 Comp., § 57-513; 1953 Comp., § 59-6-13; Laws 1973, ch. 115, § 11; 2007, ch. 257, § 12.

A. A person who employs a child, or who is the parent, guardian or custodian of a child, and who permits that child to be employed in violation of any of the provisions of the Child Labor Act is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. Each violation of the Child Labor Act constitutes a separate offense. A second or subsequent conviction of an employer, parent, guardian or custodian for violation of the Child Labor Act is a misdemeanor.

B. The director of the labor and industrial division of the labor department may report a violation of the Child Labor Act to the local district attorney, who may prosecute the alleged violator.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.