Bhagelas Contracts Act of 1943 F, (Maharashtra) Section 3 - Bare Act

In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context :-

(1) "advance" means an advance in cash or in kind or partly in cash and partly in kind and includes any transaction which is held under this Act to be substantially an advance;

(2) "executant" means a party to the Bhagela contract which undertakes that it, or some other person under its guardianship, shall work for wages:

(3) "Bhagela" means a person who under the term of the Bhagela contract is responsible to work for wages;

(4) "Bhagela transaction" means a transaction, written or oral, or partly written and partly oral, wherein the consideration for the labor by any person is an "advance" made or to be made to any person, and the interest on such "advance" or a debt due by any person and the interest on such debt and it includes any settlement which is held under this Act to be such a transaction but it shall not include the following cases:-

(a) a transaction for the execution of work entered into by a skilled workman;

(b) a transaction for the performance of work, ultra virus of this Act; or

(c) a transaction to supply a cart and cart man.

(5) "Labor" means the work of agricultural labor and includes domestic service and labor whether performed indoor or outdoor.

NOTES

For bonded labor under this Act, there must be a consideration for labor by any person. The advance (cash or in kind or partly in cash or kind) must have been given.

The term "Labor" under these type of contracts are defined as the work of agricultural labor which includes domestic service and indoor or outdoor labor.