Bare Act
The Punjab Compulsory Service Act, 1961
This Act establishes a mandatory labor service system for public development works within specific areas of Haryana. It applies to residents aged 16-60 who can be required to contribute manual or skilled labour without pay for up to five days within any three-month period. District Magistrates have authority to declare the relevant areas and issue general orders mandating service, while Development Officers specify the nature and direction of required labour. The law includes protections like limitations to eight-hour days, exemption for women, and exceptions for disabled persons or those living beyond five miles from work sites. Non-compliance may result in fines reaching 100 rupees, making it a tool for executing vital public works while balancing reasonable constraints on service obligations.
- 1. Short title and extent.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Power to declare notified area.
- 4. General Order requiring persons to render compulsory service.
- 5. Development Officer to determine nature of compulsory service.
- 6. Penalty for refusing to render compulsory service.
- 7. Bar of civil and criminal suits.
- 8. Power to make rules.
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