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Title 27 Labor and Employment

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27-6-114. Employment of children under 16 in amusement, immoral or dangerous pursuits forbidden; exceptions.

(a) It is unlawful for any person having the care, custody or control of any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to: (i) Exhibit, use or employ that child: (A) As an actor or performer in any concert hall or room where alcoholic liquors and malt beverages are sold or given away except as provided in subsection (b) of this section; (B) For any illegal or immoral purpose; (C) For any business or in any place, situation, exhibition or vocation injurious to the morals, health or safety of the child. (ii) Cause, procure or encourage a child to engage in any practice specified in paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection. (b) Nothing in this section applies to or prevents: (i) The employment or use of any child as: (A) A singer or musician in any church, school or academy; (B) A dishwasher, busboy or delivery person in a place where alcoholic liquors and malt beverages are sold. (ii) The teaching or learning of the science or practice of music; (iii) The physical development of a child's body in any respectable gymnasium or natatorium; (iv) Children from taking part in amateur entertainments or theatricals for charity, or not for profit, in schools, churches, settlement houses or boys' or girls' clubs.

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27-6-114. Employment of children under 16 in amusement, immoral or dangerous pursuits forbidden; exceptions.

(a) It is unlawful for any person having the care, custody or control of any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to: (i) Exhibit, use or employ that child: (A) As an actor or performer in any concert hall or room where alcoholic liquors and malt beverages are sold or given away except as provided in subsection (b) of this section; (B) For any illegal or immoral purpose; (C) For any business or in any place, situation, exhibition or vocation injurious to the morals, health or safety of the child. (ii) Cause, procure or encourage a child to engage in any practice specified in paragraph (a)(i) of this subsection. (b) Nothing in this section applies to or prevents: (i) The employment or use of any child as: (A) A singer or musician in any church, school or academy; (B) A dishwasher, busboy or delivery person in a place where alcoholic liquors and malt beverages are sold. (ii) The teaching or learning of the science or practice of music; (iii) The physical development of a child's body in any respectable gymnasium or natatorium; (iv) Children from taking part in amateur entertainments or theatricals for charity, or not for profit, in schools, churches, settlement houses or boys' or girls' clubs.

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