(a) The Act's prohibitions in relation to employment of child labor,
which may have application to retailers, are found in section 12(a) and
section 12(c). Section 12(a) reads as follows:
No 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 30 days prior to the removal
of such goods therefrom any oppressive child labor has been employed:
Provided, 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 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.
Section 12(c) provides:
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.
(b) ``Oppressive child labor'' is defined by the Act, for purposes
of the foregoing provisions, in the language set forth in Sec. 779.505.
(c) Sections 570.1 to 570.129 of this chapter contain applicable
regulations and a detailed discussion of the child labor provisions of
the Act. Although those sections offer guidance for all including
retailers, there are set forth in Secs. 779.503 through 779.508
pertinent provisions and a brief discussion of the standards which are
of particular interest to those in the retail field.
