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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Chapter V

Title: Welfare and Health of Contract Labour

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....employer from the contractor either by deduction from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contractor. Section 21 - Responsibility for payment of wages (1) A contractor shall be responsible for payment of wages to each worker employed by him as contract labour and such wages shall be paid before the expiry of such period as may be prescribed. (2) Every principal employer shall nominate a representative duly authorised by him to be present at the time of disbursement of wages by the contractor and it shall be the duty of such representative to certify the amounts paid as wages in such manner as may be prescribed. (3) It shall be the duty of the contractor or ensure the disbursement of wages in the presence of the authorised representative of the principal employer. (4) In case the contractor fails to make payment of wages within the prescribed period or makes short payment, then the principal employer shall be liable to make payment of wages in full or the unpaid balance due, as the case may be, to the contract labour employed by the contractor and recover the amount so paid from the contractor either by deduction from.....

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Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976 Complete Act

Title: Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....not to be evicted from homestead, etc Section9 - Creditor not to accept payment against extinguished debt Chapter IV Section10 - Authorities who may be specified for implementing the provisions of this Act Section11 - Duty of District Magistrate and other officers to ensure credit Section12 - Duty of District Magistrate and officers authorised by him Chapter V Section13 - Vigilance Committees Section14 - Functions of Vigilance Committees Section15 - Burden of proof Chapter VI Section16 - Punishment for enforcement of bonded labour Section17 - Punishment for advancement of bonded debt Section18 - Punishment for extracting bonded labour under the bonded labour system Section19 - Punishment for omission or failure to restore possession of property to bonded labourers Section20 - Abetment to bean offence Section21 - Offences to be tried by Executive Magistrates Section22 - Cognizance of offences Section23 - Offences by companies Chapter VII Section24 - Protection of action taken in good faith Section25 - Jurisdiction of civil courts barred Section26 - Power to make rules Section27 - Repeal and saving

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Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976 Chapter II

Title: Abolition of Bonded Labour System

State: Central

Year: 1976

(1) On the commencement of this Act, the bonded labour system shall stand abolished any every bonded labourer shall, on such commencement, stand freed and discharged from any obligation to render any bonded labour. (2) After the commencement of this Act, no person shall (a) make any advance under, or in pursuance of, the bonded labour system, or (b) compel any person to render any bonded labour or other form of forced labour. Section 5 - Agreement, custom, etc., to be void On the commencement of this Act, any custom or tradition or any contract, agreement or other instrument (whether entered into or executed before or after the commencement of this Act) by virtue of which any person, or any member of the family or dependent of such person, is required to do any work or render any service as a bonded labourer, shall be void and inoperative.

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Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976 Section 4

Title: Abolition of Bonded Labour System

State: Central

Year: 1976

(1) On the commencement of this Act, the bonded labour system shall stand abolished any every bonded labourer shall, on such commencement, stand freed and discharged from any obligation to render any bonded labour. (2) After the commencement of this Act, no person shall (a) make any advance under, or in pursuance of, the bonded labour system, or (b) compel any person to render any bonded labour or other form of forced labour.

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Iron Ore Mines Manganese Ore Mines and Mines Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1976 Amending Act 1

Title: Iron Ore Mines and Manganese Ore Mines Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 1982

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....they occur, the words, "manganese ore mines and chrome ore mines" shall be substituted. 8. Amendment of section 6 In section 6 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), in the proviso, for the words "and manganese ore mines", in both the places where they occur, the words, "manganese ore mines and chrome ore mines" shall be substituted. 9. Amendment of section 8 In section 8 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1) and sub-section (2), for the words "and Manganese Ore Mines Labour Welfare", the words, "Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome ore Mines Labour Welfare" shall be substituted. 10. Amendment of section 9 In section 9 of the principal Act, after the words "manganese ore mines", the words "or chrome ore mines' shall be inserted. 11. Amendment of section 11 In section 11 of the principal Act, after the words "of manganese ore mine", the words "or of a chrome ore mine" shall be inserted. 12. Amendment of section 12 In section 12 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), - (a) in clause (c), after the words "manganese ore mines", the words "or chrome ore mines" shall be inserted; (b) in clause (h), after the words "of manganese ore mines", the words, "or of.....

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Tea Districts Emigrant Labour (Repeal) Act 1970 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Tea Districts Emigrant Labour (Repeal) Repealing Act, 2002

State: Central

Year: 1970

THE TEA DISTRICTS EMIGRANT LABOUR (REPEAL) REPEALING ACT, 2002 [Act, No. 27 of 2002] [27th May, 2002] PREAMBLE An Act to repeal the Tea Districts Emigrant Labour (Repeal) Act, 1970. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- 1. Short title This Act may be called the Tea Districts Emigrant Labour (Repeal) Repealing Act, 2002. 2. Repeal of Act 50 of 1970 The Tea Districts Emigrant Labour (Repeal) Act, 1970 is hereby repealed.

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Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933 Preamble 1

Title: Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933

State: Central

Year: 1933

THE CHILDREN (PLEDGING OF LABOUR) ACT, 1933 [Act, No. 2 of 1933] [AS ON 1957] [24th February, 1933] PREAMBLE An Act to prohibit the pledging of the labour of children. WHEREAS it is expedient to prohibit the making of agreements to pledge the labour of children, and the employment of children whose labour has been pledged; It is hereby enacted as follows:--

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Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976 Section 7

Title: Property of Bonded Labourer to Be Freed from Mortgage, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 1976

(1) All property vested in a bonded labourer which was, immediately before the commencement of this Act under any mortgage, charge, lien or other encumbrances in connection with any bonded debt shall, in so far as it is relatable to the bonded debt, stand freed and discharged from such mortgage, charge, lien or other incumbrances, and where any such property was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, in the possession of the mortgagee or the holder of the charge, lien or incumbrance, such property shall (except where it was subject to any other charge), on such commencement, be restored to the possession of the bonded labourer. (2) If any delay is made in restoring any property referred to in sub-section (1) to the possession of the bonded labourer, such labourer shall be entitled, on and from the date of such commencement, to recover from the mortgagee or holder of the lien, charge or incumbrance, such mesne profits as may be determined by the civil court of the lowest pecuniary jurisdiction within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such property is situated.

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Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976 Section 18

Title: Punishment for Extracting Bonded Labour Under the Bonded Labour System

State: Central

Year: 1976

Whoever enforces after the commencement of this Act, any custom, tradition, contract, agreement or other instrument, by virtue of which any person or any member of the family of such person or any dependent of such person is required to render any service under the bonded labour system, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and also with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees; and, out of the fine, if recovered, payment shall be made to the bonded labourer at the rate of rupees five for each day for which the bonded labour was extracted from him.

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Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933 Complete Act

Title: Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933

State: Central

Year: 1933

Preamble1 - CHILDREN (PLEDGING OF LABOUR) ACT, 1933 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Agreements contrary to the Act to be void Section4 - Penalty for parent or guardian making agreement to pledge the labour of a child Section5 - Penalty for making with a parent or guardian an agreement to pledge the labour of a child Section6 - Penalty for employing a child whose labour has been pledged

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