Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
CHAPTER VIII.
PENALTIES AND PRO~EDURE.
149. Ally l~bourer engaged by a recruiter and Labnl~.~r rel'using having beell registered under section thirty-ttvo, ,;t~,ont itbout reasol~sble cause refuses or neglects \~lle11 at sonsble causc ,, depbt to execute, within thirty days after his t o cnntrnct execute at at S L I C ~ ~ dcpht, a labour-contract in coilformity dcpat. ith the terns rnacle knot%-n to liim u~lleii he was reiStered, shall be puiiisl~ecl with fine which may cxnd to tlle amount of tlie expense ilicurrcd in revis- b ,ring him 2nd coliveyiiig him to tlie depdt a,lld malaainillg him therein ; and, in default of pajilient of sucll fine, ~vilith. ilnprisonment for a term wliich niay .tend to one montli.
Any labourer so punished may be foxthwith dishal.ged from the dep€it.
Every fine lcviecl under $his scction slldl be paid the contractor, sub-contractor or recruiter by whom ~11 expense 13~as illcurred.
150. Any labourer yegistered under section sixty- L:~.~oII~PI' x who, without reasonable cause, refusrs or neglects ~ ~ ~ ~ execute, within fifteen days from tlie day on mrhich tract with with was so registered, a labour-contract in conformity nardellsavd6r. m~tlz the terms made known to him xvlicn he was restered, shall be punished with fine which may exnd to twenty rupees or to thc amount of the expense asonably incurred by the garden-sardk in procuring is registration, wllichever amount is least.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ tract with with nardellsavd6r.
Source: India Code