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The Odisha Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No.53 Date : 5th May 1948

Orissa Act No. X of 1948

*THE ORISSA COMPULSORY LABOURACT, 1948

[Received the assent of the Governor on the 20th March 1948, first published in an extraordinary issue of the Orissa Gazette, dated the 5th May 1948.]

ANACT TO MAKE COMPULSORY LABOUR LAWFUL FOR THE PREVENTION OF DANGER OR DAMAGE TO PERSONAND PROPERTY BY FLOOD OR INUNDATIONANDTO PROVIDE FORTHE ENFORCEMENT OF CUSTOMARY LABOUR ON CERTAIN WORKS OF IRRIGATION INTHE STATE OF ORISSA

WHEREAS the safety of person and property is endangered by flood or inundation caused by sudden breaches of embankments;

And whereas it is necessary to make it obligatory on all able bodied persons in the neighbourhood of embankments to unite their labour for protection of embankments against the danger or damage, for breaches therein and for making prompt repairs to them ;

And whereas it is expedient to provide for the enforcement of the duty which is by local custom, incumbent on village communities or Panchayats to furnish the labour required for the execution of certain works for the purpose of irrigation and drainage.

It is hereby enacted as follows :