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Bonded labour, 'bonded labour' means any labour or service rendered under the bonded labour system. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, (19 of 1976), s. 2, Exp., Cl. (e)]...
Bonded labour system
Bonded labour system, means the system of forced, or partly forced, labour under which a debtor enters, or has, or is presumed to have, entered, into an agreement with the creditor to the effect than,-(i) in consideration of an advance obtained by him or by any of his lineal ascendants or descendants (whether or not such advance is evidenced by any document) and in consideration of the interest, if any, due on such advance, or(ii) in pursuance of any customary or social obligation, or(iii) in pursuance of an obligation devolving on him by succession, or(iv) for any economic consideration received by him or by any of his lineal ascendants or descendants, or(v) by reason of his birth in any particular caste or community,- he would-(1) render, by himself for through any member of his family, or any person dependent on him, labour or service to the creditor, or for the benefit of the creditor, for a specified period or for an unspecified period, either without wages or for nominal wages, o...
Bonded labourer
Bonded labourer, means a labourer who incurs, or has, or is presumed to have, incurred a bonded debt. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2 (f)]...
Bonded debt
Bonded debt, means an advance obtained, or presumed to have been obtained, by a bonded labourer under, or in pursuance of the bonded labour system. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976, s. 2 (d)]...
Nominal wages
Nominal wages, in relation to any labour, means a wages which is less than,--(a) the minimum wages fixed by the Government, in relation to the same or similar labour, under any law for the time being in force; and(b) where no such minimum wage has been fixed in relation to any form of labour, the wages that are normally paid, for the same or similar labour, to the labourers working in the same locality. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976) s. 2 (i)]...
Agreement
Agreement [fr. gratus, Lat., acceptable; aggregatio mentium, Lat.], a consensus of two or more minds in anything done or to be done. See CONTRACT.Includes any arrangement or understanding, whether or not it is intended that such agreement shall be enforceable (apart from any provision of this Act) by legal proceedings. [Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (54 of 1969), s. 2 (a)]Means an agreement entered into under s. 20. [Pharmacy Act, 1948 (8 of 1948), s. 2 (a)]Means an agreement (whether written or oral, or partly written and partly oral) between a debtor and creditor, and includes an agreement providing for forced labour, the existence of which is presumed under any social custom prevailing in the concerned locality. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2 (b)]The expression 'agreement' referred to in the clause (b) of Article 73 has to be considered in terms of Article 299 of the Constitution, Sharma Transport v. Government of A.P., (2002) 2...
Family
Family, in relation to a person, includes the ascend-ant and descendant of such person. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2(h)]. A group consisting of parents and their children; a group of person connected by blood by affinity, or by law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 620.In relation to an occupier, means the individual, the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such individual, and their children, brother or sister of such individual. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986), s. 2 (v)]In relation to an operator, means his wife and dependant children and includes his dependent parents. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (g)]Means:(i) In the case of a male-subscriber the wife or wives, parents, children, minor brothers, unmarried sisters, deceased son's widow and children and where no parent of the subscriber is alive, a paternal grandparent: Provided that if a subscriber proves that his wife has be...
Advance
Advance [fr. avancer, Fr., to push forwards, fr. avant, Fr., avante, It., ab ante, Lat.], money paid before it is due 'a loan; increase.Advance means an advance, whether in cash or in kind, or party in cash or partly in kind, made by one person (hereinafter referred to as the creditor) to another person (hereinafter referred to as the debtor). [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, (19 of 1976), s. 2(a)]...
Ascendant or descendant
Ascendant or descendant, in relation to a person belonging to a matriarchal society, means the person who corresponds to such expression in accordance with the law of succession in force in such society. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), s. 2 (c)]...
Insurance
Insurance, see, Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1.Insurance, the act of providing against a possible loss, by entering into a contract with one who is willing to give assurance, that is, to bind himself to make good such loss should it occur. In this contract, the chances of benefit are equal to the insured and the insurer. The first actually pays a certain sum, and the latter undertakes to pay a larger, if an accident should happen. The one renders his property secure; the other receives money with the probability that it is clear gain. The instrument by which the contract is made is called a policy; the stipulated consideration, a premium. As to what is known as a coupon policy, i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404.Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking out a policy; he must be so circumstanced as to have benefit from the existence of the person or thing insured, and some preju...
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