LexThe BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM (ABOLITION) ACT, 1976
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THE BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM (ABOLITION) ACT, 1976
_________
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
SECTIONS
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Act to have overriding effect.
CHAPTER II
ABOLITION OF BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM
4. Abolition of bonded labour system.
5. Agreement, custom, etc., to be void.
CHAPTER III
EXTINGUISHMENT OF LIABILITY TO REPAY BONDED DEBT
6. Liability to repay bonded debt to stand extinguished.
7. Property of bonded labourer to be freed from mortgage, etc.
8. Freed bonded labourer not to be evicted from homestead, etc.
9. Creditor not to accept payment against extinguished debt.
CHAPTER IV
IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITIES
10. Authorities who may be specified for implementing the provisions of this Act.
11. Duty of District Magistrate and other officers to ensure credit.
12. Duty of District Magistrate and officers authorised by him.
CHAPTER V
VIGILANCE COMMITTEES
13. Vigilance Committees.
14. Functions of Vigilance Committees.
15. Burden of proof.
CHAPTER VI
OFFENCES AND PROCEDURE FOR TRIAL
16. Punishment for enforcement of bonded labour.
17. Punishment for advancement of bonded debt.
18. Punishment for extracting bonded labour under the bonded labour system.
19. Punishment for omission or failure to restore possession of property to bonded labourers.
20. Abetment to be an offence.
21. Offences to be tried by Executive Magistrates.
22. Cognizance of offences.
23. Offences by companies.
CHAPTER VII
MISCELLANEOUS
24. Protection of action taken in good faith.
25. Jurisdiction of civil courts barred.
26. Power to make rules.
27. Repeal and saving.
2
THE BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM (ABOLITION) ACT, 1976
ACT NO. 19 OF 1976
[9th February, 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.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Bonded Labour System
(Abolition) Act, 1976.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of October, 1975.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “advance” means an advance, whether in cash or in kind, or partly 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);
(b) “agreement” means an agreement (whether written or oral, or partly written and partly oral)
between a debtor and cre ditor, and includes an agreement providing for forced labour, the existence
of which is presumed under any social custom prevailing in the concerned locality.
Explanation.—The existence of an agreement between the debtor and creditor is ordinarily
presumed, under the social custom, in relation to the following forms of forced labour, namely:—
Adiyamar, Baramasia, Basahya, Bethu, Bhagela, Cherumar, Garru -Galu, Hali, Hari, Harwai,
Holya, Jana, Jeetha, Kamiya, Khundit -Mundit, Kuthia, Lakhari, Munjhi, Mat, Munish system,
Nit-Majoor, Paleru, Padiyal, Pannayilal, Sagri, Sanji,Sanjawat, Sewak, Sewakia, Seri, Vetti;
(c) “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 succe ssion in force in
such society;
(d) “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;
(e) “bonded labour” means any labour or service rendered under the bonded labour system;
(f) “bonded labourer” means a labourer who incurs, or has, or is presumed to have, incurred, a
bonded debt;
(g) “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
that,—
(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
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(v) by reason of his birth in any particular caste or community,
he would—
(1) render, by himself or 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, or
(2) forfeit the freedom of employment o r other means of livelihood for a specified period o r
for an unspecified period, or
(3) forfeit the right to move freely throughout the territory of India, or
(4) forfeit the right to appropriate or sell at market value any of his property or product of hi s
labour or the labour of a member of his family or any person dependent on him,
and includes the system of forced, or partly forced, labour under which a surety for a debtor enters, or
has, or is presumed to have, entered, into an agreement with the creditor to the effect that in the event
of the failure of the debtor to repay the deb t, he would render the bonded labour on behalf of the
debtor.
1[Explanation.—For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that any system of forced, or partly
forced labour under which any workman being contract labour as defined in clause ( b) of sub-section (1)
of section 2 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970), or an inter -State
migrant workman as defined in clause ( e) of sub -section ( 1) of section 2 of the Inter -State Migrant
Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Co nditions of Service) Act, 1979 (30 of 1979), is required to
render labour or service in circumstances of the natu re mentioned in sub -clause (1) of this clause or is
subjected to all or any of the disabilities referred to in sub -clauses (2) to ( 4), is “bonded labour system”
within the meaning of this clause;]
(h) “family”, in relation to a person, includes the ascendant and descendant of such person;
(i) “nominal wages”, in relation to any labour, means a wage 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 la bour, to the labourers working in the same
locality;
3. Act to have overriding effect. —The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding
anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act, or in any instrument
having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act.
CHAPTER II
ABOLITION OF BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM
4. Abolition of bonded labour system. —(1) On the commencement of this Act, the bonded labour
system shall stand abolished and 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.
1. Explanation added by Act 73 of 1985, s. 2 (w.e.f. 24-12-1985).
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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 dependant of
such person, is required to do any work or render any service as a bonded labourer, shall be void and
inoperative.
CHAPTER III
EXTINGUISHMENT OF LIABILITY TO REPAY BONDED DEBT
6. Liability to repay bon ded debt to stand extinguished. —(1) On the commencement of this Act,
every obligation of a bonded labourer to repay any bonded debt, or such part of any bonded debt as
remains unsatisfied immediately before such commencement, shall be deemed to have been extinguished.
(2) After the commencement of this Act, no suit or other proceeding shall lie in any civil court or
before any other authority for the recovery of any bonded debt or any part thereof.
(3) Every decree or order for the recovery of bonded debt, passed before the commencement of this
Act and not fully satisfied before such commencement, shall be deemed, on such commencement, to have
been fully satisfied.
(4) Every attachment made before the commence ment of this Act, for the recovery of any bonded
debt, shall, on such commencement, stand vacated; and, where, in pursuance of such attachment, any
movable property of the bonded labourer was seized and removed from his custody and kept in the
custody of any court or other authority pending sale thereof, such movable property shall be restored, as
soon as may be practicable after such commencement, to the possession of the bonded labourer.
(5) Where, before the commencement of this Act, possession of any pr operty belonging to a bonded
labourer or a member of his family or other dependant was forcibly taken over by any creditor for the
recovery of any bonded debt, such property shall be restored, as soon as may be practicable after such
commencement, to the possession of the person from whom it was seized.
(6) If restoration of the possession of any property referred to in sub -section (4) or sub-section (5) is
not made within thirty days from the commencement of this Act, the aggrieved person may, within such
time as may be prescribed, apply to the prescribed authority for the restoration of the possession of such
property and the prescribed authority may, after giving the creditor a reasonable opportunity of being
heard, direct the creditor to restore to the a pplicant the possession of the concerned property within such
time as may be specified in the order.
(7) An order made by any prescribed authority, under sub -section (6), shall be deemed to be an order
made by a civil court and may be executed by the court of the lowest pecuniary jurisdiction within the
local limits of whose jurisdiction the creditor voluntarily resides or carries on busines s or personally
works for gain.
(8) For the avoidance of doubts, it is hereby declared that, where any attached property was sold
before the commencement of this Act, in execution of a decree or order for the recovery of a bonded debt,
such sale shall not be affected by any provision of this Act:
Provided that the bonded labourer, or an agent authorised by him in th is behalf, may, at any time
within five years from such commencement, apply to have the sale set aside on his depositing in court, for
payment to the decree-holder, the amount specified in the proclamation of sale, for the recovery of which
the sale was or dered, less any amount, as well as mesne profits, which may, since the date of such
proclamation of sale, have been received by the decree-holder.
(9) Where any suit or proceeding, for the enforcement of any obligation under the bonded labour
system, including a suit or proceeding for the recovery of any advance made to a bonded labourer, is
pending at the commencement of this Act, such suit or other proceeding shall, on such commencement,
stand dismissed.
(10) On the commencement of this Act, every bonded labourer who has been detained in civil prison,
whether before or after judgment, shall be released from detention forthwith.
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7. Property of bonded labourer t o be freed from mortgage, etc. —(1) All property vested in a
bonded labourer which was, immediately before the commencement of this Act under any mortgage,
charge, lien or other incumbrances 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 incu mbrances, and
where any such property was, immediately before the commmencement 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.
8. Freed bonded labourer not to be evicted from homestead, etc. —(1) No person who has been
freed and discharged under this Act from any obligation to render any bonded labour, shall be evicted
from any homestead or other residential premises which he w as occupying immediately before the
commencement of this Act as part of the consideration for the bonded labour.
(2) If, after the commencement of this Act, any such person is evicted by the creditor from any
homestead or other residential premises, referred to in sub-section (1), the Executive Magistrate in charge
of the Sub -Division within which such homestead or residential premises is situated shall, as early as
practicable, restore the bonded labourer to the possession of such homestead or other residential premises.
9. Creditor not to accept pay ment against extinguished debt. —(1) No creditor shall accept any
payment against any bonded debt which has been extinguished or deemed to have been extinguished or
fully satisfied by virtue of the provisions of this Act.
(2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub -section (1) shall be punishable with imprisonment for
a term which may extend to three years and also with fine.
(3) The court, convicting any person under sub -section ( 2) may, i n addition to the penalties which
may be imposed under that sub -section, direct the person to deposit, in court, the amount accepted in
contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), within such period as may be specified in the order for
being refunded to the bonded labourer.
CHAPTER IV
IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITIES
10. Authorities who may be specified for implement ing the provisions of this Act. —The State
Government may confer such powers and impose such duties on a District Magistrate as may be
necessary to ensure that the provisions of this Act are properly carried out and the District Magistrate may
specify the officer, subordinate to him, who shall exercise all or any of the powers, and perform all or any
of the duties, so conferred or imposed and the local limits within which such powers or duties shall be
carried out by the officer so specified.
11. Duty of District Magistrate and o ther officers to ensure credit. —The District Magistrate
authorised by the State Government under section 10 and the offic er specified by the District Magistrate
under that section shall, as far as practicable, try to promote the welfare of the freed bonded labourer by
securing and protecting the economic interests of such bonded labourer so that he may not have any
occasion or reason to contract any further bonded debt.
12. Duty of District Magistrate and officers auth orised by him. —It shall be the duty of every
District Magistrate and every officer specified by him under section 10 to inquire whether, after the
commencement of this Act, any bonded labour system or any other form of forced labour is being
enforced by, or on behalf of, any person resident within the local limits of his jurisdiction and if, as a
result of such inquiry, any person is found to be enorcing the bond ed labour system or any other system
of forced labour, he shall forthwith take such action as may be necessary to eradicate the enforcement of
such forced labour.
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CHAPTER V
VIGILANCE COMMITTEES
13. Vigilance Committees. —(1) Every State Government shall, by notification in the Official
Gazette, constitute such number of Vigilance Committees in each district and each Sub-Division as it may
think fit.
(2) Each Vigilance Committee, constituted for a district, shall consist of the following members,
namely:—
(a) the District Magistrate, or a person nominated by him, who shall be the Chairman;
(b) three persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and residing in the
district, to be nominated by the District Magistrate;
(c) two social workers, resident in the district, to be nominated by the District Magistrate;
(d) not more than three persons to represent the official or non -official agencies in the district
connected with rural development, to be nominated by the State Government;
(e) one person to represent the financial and credit institutions in the district, to be nominated by
the District Magistrate.
(3) Each Vigilance Committee, constituted for a Sub -Division, shall consist of the following
members, namely:—
(a) the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, or a person nominated by him, who shall be the Chairman;
(b) three persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and residing in the
Sub-Division, to be nominated by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate;
(c) two social workers, resident in the Sub -Division, to be nominated by the Sub -Divisional
Magistrate;
(d) not more than three persons to represent the official or non -official agencies in the
Sub-Division connected with rural development to be nominated by the District Magistrate;
(e) one person to represent the financial and credit institutions in the Sub -Division, to be
nominated by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate;
(f) one officer specified under section 10 and functioning in the Sub-Division.
(4) Each Vigilance Committee shall regulate its own procedure and secretarial assistance, as may be
necessary, shall be provided by—
(a) the District Magistrate, in the case of a Vigilance Committee constituted for the district;
(b) the Sub -Divisional Magistrate, in the case of a Vigilance Committee constituted for the
Sub-Division.
(5) No proceeding of a Vigilance Committee shall be invalid merely by reason of any defect in the
constitution, or in the proceedings, of the Vigilance Committee.
14. Fun ctions of Vigilance Committees. —(1) The functions of each Vigilance Committee shall
be,—
(a) to advise the District Magistrate or any officer authorised by him as to the efforts made, and
action taken, to ensure that the provisions of this Act or of any rule made there under are properly
implemented;
(b) to provide for the economic and social rehabilitation of the freed bonded labourers;
(c) to co-ordinate the functions of rural banks and co-operative societies with a view to canalising
adequate credit to the freed bonded labourer;
(d) to keep an eye on the number of offences of which cognizance has been taken under this Act;
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(e) to make a survey as to whether there is any offence of which cognizance ou ght to be taken under
this Act;
(f) to defend any suit instituted against a freed bonded labourer or a member of his family or any
other person dependant on him for the recovery of the whole or part of any bonded debt or any other debt
which is claimed by such person to be bonded debt.
(2) A Vigilance Committee may authorise one of its members to defend a suit against a freed bonded
labourer and the member so authorised shall be deemed, for the purpose of such suit, to be the authorised
agent of the freed bonded labourer.
15. Bu rden of proof. —Whenever any debt is claimed by a bonded labourer, or a Vigilance
Committee, to be a bonded debt, the burden of proof that such debt is not a bonded debt shal l lie on the
creditor.
CHAPTER VI
OFFENCES AND PROCEDURE FOR TRIAL
16. Punishment for enforcement of bonded labour. —Whoever, after the commencement of this
Act, compels any person to render any bonded labour 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.
17. Punishment for advancement of bonded debt. —Whoever advances, after the commencement
of this Act, any bonded debt 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.
18. Punishment for extracting bonded labour under the bonded labour system. —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 th e family of such person or any dependant
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 laboExcerpt shown. Open the full act in Lexace.