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THE HIMACHAL PRADESH CLIMBING/TREKKING PORTERS (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1977

The Himachal Pradesh Climbing Trekking Porters (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1977

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This Act regulates the employment, safety, and working conditions of high-altitude porters in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It applies to all climbing and trekking porters, who must be officially registered, medically fit, and eighteen or older, as well as to the expedition organizers who hire them. The law matters because it protects vulnerable laborers in a dangerous mountain environment. It establishes minimum wage rates, requires employers to provide basic first-aid and medical facilities during expeditions, and holds them legally liable for accident compensation, thereby preventing worker exploitation and formalizing the region's adventure tourism sector.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 31st December, 1977,
  3. 2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
  4. 3. Employment of porters for assisting climbing and trekking parties
  5. 4. Qualifications for registration of porters
  6. 5. Application for the registration of porters
  7. 6. Classes of porters
  8. 7. Issue of identity cards to registered porters
  9. 8. Cancellation of registration
  10. 9. Certificate of fitness.
  11. 10. Power to require medical examination
  12. 11. Power to return improperly recruited porters
  13. 12. Fixation or revision of rates of wages.- (1) The State
  14. 13. Medical facilities
  15. 14. No charge for facilities and conveniences
  16. 15. Notice to be given of accidents
  17. 16. Employer's liability for compensation for injury
  18. 17. Penalties
  19. 18. Power to make rules

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