(820 ILCS 205/19) (from Ch. 48, par. 31.19)
Sec. 19. Whoever wilfully employs or permits or allows any minor to be employed or to work in violation of this Act, or of any rule, regulation, order or ruling issued under the provisions of this Act, or whoever obstructs the Department of Labor, its inspectors or deputies, or any other person authorized to inspect places of employment under this Act, or whoever wilfully fails to comply with the provisions of Sections 5 and 6 of this Act, and whoever having under his, her or its control or custody any minor, wilfully permits or allows a minor to be employed or to work in violation of this Act, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Each day during which any such violation of this Act continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense, and such employment of any minor in violation of the Act shall, with respect to each minor so employed, constitute a separate and distinct offense. Whenever in the opinion of the Department of Labor such a violation of the Act has occurred it shall report said violation to the Attorney General of this State who shall prosecute all such violations reported.
(Source: P.A. 84-551.)
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