Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
Bare Act · 1976
An Act to provide for the abolition of bonded labour system with a view to preventing the economic and physical exploitation of the weaker sections of the people and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 19 of 1976
- Enacted
- 9 February 1976
- Contents
- 27 sections · 8 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Act to have overriding effect
Chapter II — Abolition Of Bonded Labour System
Chapter III — Extinguishment Of Liability To Repay Bonded Debt
- Section 6 – Liability to repay bonded debt to stand extinguished (preview)
- Section 7 – Property of bonded labourer to be freed from mortgage, etc (preview)
- Section 8 – Freed bonded labourer not to be evicted from homestead, etc (preview)
- Section 9 – Creditor not to accept payment against extinguished debt (preview)
Sections
Chapter IV — Implementing Authorities
- Section 11 – Duty of District Magistrate and other officers to ensure credit (preview)
- Section 12 – Duty of District Magistrate and officers authorised by him (preview)
Chapter V — Vigilance Committees
- Section 13 – Vigilance Committees (preview)
- Section 14 – Functions of Vigilance Committees (preview)
- Section 15 – Burden of proof (preview)
Chapter VI — Offences And Procedure For Trial
- Section 16 – Punishment for enforcement of bonded labour (preview)
- Section 17 – Punishment for advancement of bonded debt (preview)
- Section 18 – Punishment for extracting bonded labour under the bonded labour system (preview)
- Section 19 – Punishment for omission or failure to restore possession of property to bonded labourers (preview)
- Section 20 – Abetment to be an offence (preview)
- Section 21 – Offences to be tried by Executive Magistrates (preview)
- Section 22 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
- Section 23 – Offences by companies (preview)