Section 7. After section 11 of the said Act the following sections shall be inserted, namely :

7. After section 11 of the said Act the following sections shall be inserted, namely :- Additio~l of new sections after section 11. Power of Local Government to cancel contraot for wrongful re. cruitment. cr l l A . If the Local Governmen t,?'after such enquiry as it thinks sufficient, is of opinion that any labourer was recruited or conveyed to a labour-district, or compelled or induced to enter into a labour-contract, by any coercion, undue influence, fraud or misrapresentation, or that any such irregularity has occurred in connection with his recruitment or the execution of his contract as makes it just to rescind his contract, the Local Government may, by an order in writing, direct the labour-contract of such labourer to be cancelled. cC On receipt of any such order by the Local Government, the Superintendent, Inspector or Magistrate shall cancel the contract referred to, and shall thereupon make an endorsement that it has been so cancelled on the labourer's copy of the contract or, if the same be not forthcoming, shall give to the labourer a certificate to that effect. " `11B.` tiThen the labour-contract of any labourer is or bas been cancelled under the last foregoing section, Power to cancel ~011traot of t,h e (Section 12.) contract foY any term not exceeding one year com- labour-distr~cts bernencing from the date of the execution of the con- tween `em.` tract with any native of India ~ ~ i t h i n the labour-disploget and trict in which the estate on which such[native con- ][native ][directs ] tracts to labour is situated. When any employer has executed any such contract with any such native within a labour-district, he shall, within one month from the date of the execntion of such contract, forward it in duplicate to the Inspector within the local limits ofg whose jurisdiction such estate is situated. On receipt of the contract so forwarded, the Inspector shall enter an abstract thereof in a register to be kept by him for the purpose, and shall then give one copy Registration of such conof the contract to the labourer and the other copy tracts. to his employer. " 1llA. Wllen, for the first time after the regis- Vet.ification tration of any such contract wit11 a labourer, the `and` ticln of such Inspector visits the estate on which such labourer is c,l,tr,,ts. employed, the employer shall cause such labourer to appear before the Inspector for t lie purpose of having his contract verified, ancl such labourer may thereupon apply to the Inspector to cancel the contract ; and, if he shows cause sufficient in the opinion of the Inspector to justify the cancellation, the Inspector shall cancel the contract, and shall thereupon make an endorsement that it has been cancelled on the labourer's copy of the contract, or, if such copy be not forthcoming, shall give to the labourer a certificate to that effect. `and` ticln of such '' 111B. The Inspector or Magistrate may at any Power of time, either on-the application of the employer or the '"specto Magist r ate labourer oy of his own motion, ~equire the employer to require to cause any labourer who has entered into a contraot lfhoul.er r h o `has` executed under section 111 and is employed upon any estate ,,,,h cout,aot within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the In- to-appear spector or Magistrate to appear before him for the hiig. purpose of having his contract verified ; and, if such labourer applies to the Inspector or Magistrate to cancel his contract and shows cause sufficient in the opinion of the Inspector or Magistrate to justify such cancellation, j - I - I I 3 2 Inlaad Emigration. [ACT VII cancellation, the Inspector or Magistrate shall cancel the contract as provided in the last preceding section. " 112. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 111, any employer may enter into a labonr-contract with any native of India in a labour-district for any term not exceeding four years commencing from the date of the execution of the contract if he appears either in person or by agent with such native before the Inspector or Magistrate within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the estate upon which such native is about to contract to labour is situated. Labourcontracts executed within labour-distriots before Inspector or Magistrate. " Such Inspector or Magistrate shall thereupon explain the labour-contract to such native, and shall, if satisfied that he is competent to enter into and understands the same, call upon him and the employer or his agent to execute it in his presence ; and, if they execute it, shall attest such execution with his signat ure. " Au abstract of every such labour-contract shall be entered in a register to be kept by the Inspector or Magistrate for the purpose; and one copy of such contract sl~all then be given to the labourer and the other copy to his employer or his agent. " I n respect of every labour-contract an abstract whereof is registered under section 111 or under this section, the employer who executes such contract in person or by agent shall pay to the Inspector or Magistrate such fee, not exceeding one rupee, as the , Local Government may from time to time direct. Execution of "112A. For the purposes of the last* preceding section an estate situated in any one of the followinq tmct befora Inspector or[districts of the Assam Valley Division, namely, Kam- ] Magistrate of rup, Darrang, Nowgong, Sibsagar and Lakhimpur, shall be deemed to be also situate within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Inspector and Magistrate resldent at the civil station of Dhubri in the Goalpara District; and, subject to such rules as the Local Government may prescribe in this behalf, con tracts (Xectiorz 12.) ||(Xectiorz 12.)12.)|| |---|---|---| |contracts to labour on any eatate in any of the labour.|contracts to labour on any eatate in any of the labour.|| |districts above named may be executed and registered||| |before the Inspector or Magistrate at Dhubri in ac-||before the Inspector or Magistrate at Dhubri in ac-| |cordance with the provision of-$he-.last preceding|cordance with the provision of-$he-.last preceding|| |section.||| |"112B.The Local Government may, after pre-||Powerof| |vious publication, make rules consistent with this Act<br>with respect to all or any of the following matters,||Local<br>Governmenb<br>to frame| |namely:-|:-|rules in con-<br>nection with.| |_(a)_the execution and registration of con tracts<br>under section112,Abefore the Inspector<br>or Magistrate at Dhubri;||the execution<br>of labour-<br>at<br>Dhnbri.| |( b )the medical examination at Dhubri by the||the medical examination at Dhubri by the| ||Civil Surgeon or other competent medi-|| ||cal man of labourers and persons intend-|cal man of labourers and persons intend-| ||inq to become labourers and theirde-|de-| ||pendents;|| |(c)the conditions under which depbts, rest-||| ||houses and other places may be estab-|houses and other places may be estab-| ||lished and maintained at Dhubri for the|lished and maintained at Dhubri for the| ||reception and lodging of labourers and|| ||persons intending to become labourers and|persons intending to become labourers and| ||their dependents;the sanitation and maw|the sanitation and maw| ||agement of such depbts, rest-houses and|| ||other places;the arrangements for food,|| ||water and conservancy therein;the cloth-|the cloth-| ||ing and necessary utensils to be supplied|| ||topersons lodged therein;and the hos-|| ||pital accommodation for and medical treat-|| ||ment of such persons;|| |_(d)_the control and inspection by officers of||| ||Government of such depdts, rest-houses|| ||and other places;and|| |(e)the registers to be kept, and the reports and||the registers to be kept, and the reports and| ||returns to be made, by the persons in|returns to be made, by the persons in| ||charge of such depbts, rest-houses and|charge of such depbts, rest-houses and| ||other places,"|| ||13.For|For| `[ACT` v ~ f I a l a ~ d Emzigvation. 84 I i - i I ~ (Sections 13-15.)