The Odisha Compulsory Labour Act, 1948
The Odisha Compulsory Labour Act, 1948
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This law authorizes the state government to make compulsory labor lawful to protect people and property from flood damage and to enforce customary labor for irrigation and drainage works in Orissa. It applies to able-bodied individuals, requiring them to provide labor when embankments are at risk of breaching or during necessary repairs. The Act empowers government officers to requisition labor from village headmen and panchayats to ensure these safety and infrastructure projects are completed quickly and effectively during emergencies.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Appointment of an officer-in charge of embankment
- 4. Requisition of labour by the officer-in-charge of embankment
- 5. Duties of persons whose labour or services are requisitioned
- 6. Rate of remuneration
- 7. Mode of payment and recovery in certain cases
- 8. Payment in lieu of service of labour
- 9. Penalty for refusing or neglecting to comply with duties
- 10. Requisition for the supply of materials and recovery of advances
- 11. such rates as may be approved by the Public Works Department.
- 12. Power of the State Government to make rules
- 13. Repeal
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