2021 Delaware Code
Title 19 - Labor
Chapter 5. Child Labor
§ 501. Applicability of chapter.

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19 DE Code § 501. (2021)
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§ 501. Applicability of chapter.

This chapter shall apply to any place, establishment or occupation within this State where work is done for compensation of any kind, to whomever payable, except as otherwise specified in this chapter.

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent children of any age from receiving industrial education furnished by the United States, the State or any city or town in the State, which is duly approved by a school board or committee or other duly constituted public authority.

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent children of any age from performing nonhazardous work as ordered by the Family Court as a condition of probation.

27 Del. Laws, c. 176, §§ 1-4, 37;  Code 1915, §§ 3144, 3170, 3171;  29 Del. Laws, c. 232;  37 Del. Laws, c. 238;  Code 1935, §§ 3601, 3628, 3629;  19 Del. C. 1953, § 501;  57 Del. Laws, c. 669, § 6A;  63 Del. Laws, c. 198, § 1;  68 Del. Laws, c. 173, § 1; 
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