Section 167. Any employer who wilfully omits to pro- Employer omittirlg e house-accommodation, water-supply, sani

167. Any employer who wilfully omits to pro- Employer omittirlg e house-accommodation, water-supply, sanitary to proric,e nngements, food-grains or rations in accordance house-aocom11 the ~~rovisions of this Act, or any rule made ""ai~lio". &c. unde~, sllall be punished with fine which may encl to five hundred rupees; bnd tlie convicting istrate may ordey him to comply wit11 such prons within a reasonable time to be fixed in the If the employer wilfully omits to co~nply wit11 such cr within tlie time so fixed, lze shall Be punished 11 fine which may extend to one hundred rupees r each day during which such omission continues. If the employer fails to pay tlie last-mentioned e, the person on wlzose socount he has been acting 11 be liable to pay such fine. ninr, 6 6 f i z land 8fiziyiyl~ctt imt. ~~~~l~q~ation.-lll-treatment of such labourer byemployer, or failure of the eiiiployer to fulfil any olldition 0.f the 1abou.r-contract binding on the emr, is reasonable cause within the meaning of n olle hundred and seventy and this section, 172. If ally labourer deserts froiii his employer's Oeserter Inns. rrice, such employer, or any person acting on his ~,~$""&llalf, may, without a warrant and without thc o u t ~ a ~ r a n t , sistance of any police-officer, arrest such 1nf~oure.r herever he ina~y be found : Provided that, if sucl-1 .bo~~ey be found withiii five miles of the place where isirate resides or ia the service of airotiler rer, he shall not be arrested without warrant. 173. The police-oEcer in charge of such station Procedure at d l on the appearance of the parties take down in P ~ g the sktement of tlie person arresting the er, and sllallc then forthwith send the labourer e nearest Magistrate. ~ ~ h estate is situate. The Magistrate to whoni tlie labourer is forwarded 11 dispose of the case according to law. , Issue a summons for the attendance of such - ~ `0` 7 .ious to tlic cx1)il.y of such sentence, that such labour" 1;is lal~our-contract. On sucll ail~li'ccztion being: ilincle, the &%gistrate ma.y, if he thinks fit, orcler that such. labourer be made over or forwarded to his employer ; " and in that case such Magistrate shall cancel tlic rell~aill~ler of the sentence passed on the la,bourer, and shall endorse on his copy of tlie labour-contract a certificate of such cancellation, or, if such copy be not fortlic~ll~ing, shall give him a written certificate of such cancell a .t,' 10n. Nothing in this section sl~all be declved to affect tElc provisioiis of section one hundrecl and seventy- 380. Every employer who obtains an order of a E X ~ W " S of Magistrate for the making ouer or fwwardiag of any r';;;;";$'~ labourer slitlll be liable to defray the expense (if any) be p;,id by incurred in such ma.king over or forwarding; and cm~loyer. sj~all, before the order is issued, deposit with the Magistrate `a` sum snRcient in the 3Xa:agistrateYs opinion to defray sncll expense. 181. On the expiry of any sentence of impl.ison- Collviction not to opere to opere opere ment for any offence under this Act, tlic Magistrate a,,asa `,,u` shall, subject to the provisions of section one huildred lease. and seventy-seven, make over such labourer to any person appointed on the part of his employer to take c1iar5e of hini ; and no conviction under this Act¶ or. imprisonment under sucli conviction, sha.11, save as aforesaid, opera,te as a release to any labourer from the terms of his labour-contract : not to opere to opere opere a,,asa `,,u` If no person is present on the part of the kinployer to take charge of the labourer at the expiiy of his sentence, tlie Magistrate sha.11 forward suclz labourer to the principal place of busiiiess of his employer situate u~itl~in tlie local limits of sucli Magistixte's jurisdiction, and the expense of such fornnarding shall be recoverable from such employer as if it were an arrear of land-revenue.