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a) Except as provided in Sections 1297, 1298, and 1308.7:

(1) An employer shall not employ a minor years of age or younger for more than eight hours in one day of hours, or more than hours in one week, or before a.m. or after p.m., except that from June through Labor Day, a minor years of age or younger may be employed for the hours authorized by this

section until p.m. in the evening.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), while school is in session, an employer shall not employ a minor or years of age for more than three hours in any schoolday, nor more than hours in any week, nor during school hours, except that a minor enrolled in and employed pursuant to a school-supervised and school-administered work experience and career exploration program may be employed for no more than hours, any portion of which may be during school hours.

(3) An employer shall not employ a minor or years of age for more than eight hours in one day of hours or more than hours in one week, or before a.m., or after p.m. on any day preceding a schoolday. However, a minor or years of age may be employed for the hours authorized by this

section during any evening preceding a nonschoolday until 12:30 a.m. of the nonschoolday.

(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), while school is in session, an employer shall not employ a minor or years of age for more than four hours in any schoolday, except as follows: (

A) The minor is employed in personal attendant occupations, as defined in the Industrial Welfare Commission Minimum Wage Order No. 15 (8 Cal. Code Regs. Sec. 11150), school-approved work experience, or cooperative vocational education programs. (

B) The minor has been issued a permit to work pursuant to subdivision (

c) of

Section of the Education Code and is employed in accordance with the provisions of that permit. (

b) For purposes of this section, “schoolday” means any day in which a minor is required to attend school for minutes or more. (

c) Any person or the agent or officer thereof, or any parent or guardian, who directly or indirectly violates or causes or suffers the violation of this

section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than days, or both. Any person who willfully violates this

section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or to imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or both. No person shall be imprisoned under this section, except for an offense committed after the conviction of that person for a prior offense under this chapter. (

d) This

section does not apply to any minor employed to deliver newspapers to consumers.