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PAK-1992-L-30017
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Title_of_text
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992 (Act No. III of 1992).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Pakistan
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of forced labour
Adopted on (Date of text)
1992-03-11
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
This Act abolishes the bonded labour system in Pakistan, and discharges all bonded labourers from any obligation to render such labour. All property forcibly taken by creditors for the recovery of bonded debt must be returned, and encumbrances relating to bonded debt are no longer valid. Vigilance Committees at the District level, composed of representatives of government, social services, lawyers and journalists are to supervise its implementation, assist the rehabilitation of freed bonded labourers, and provide them with assistance to achieve the objectives of the law. Those persons contravening the Act are subject to imprisonment of two to five years, or a fine of fifty thousand rupees, or both. The Act is also published in Eastern Worker, 1992-06, Vol. 32, Nos. 6 and 7, pp. 8-13. Consolidated text in: M.Shafi, Complete Set of Labour Laws (Karachi: Bureau of Labour Publications, various editions).
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1992-03-11
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1995-07-20 (PAK-1995-R-44241)
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Rules, 1995 (S.R.O. 723 (I)).
Implementing text(s)
1995-07-20 (PAK-1995-R-44241)
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Rules, 1995 (S.R.O. 723 (I)).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2015-04-06 (PAK-2015-L-99333)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 2015 (Act No. XIV of 2015).
Related text(s)
2016-01-14 (PAK-2016-L-102087)
Punjab Prohibition of Child Labour at Brick Kilns Ordinance 2016 (V of 2016).
Related text(s)
1992-03-11 (PAK-1992-L-102096)
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992 (Act No. III of 1992).
Related text(s)
2016-09-02 (PAK-2016-L-104986)
Punjab Prohibition of Child Labour at Brick Kilns Act 2016 (XXXVII of 2016).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Refworld, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
URL
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain
File
PAK30017.pdf (PDF)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Pakistan Code, Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights
Country
Pakistan
URL
http://pakistancode.gov.pk/
File
PAK30017 2.pdf (PDF)
Serial region
Serial title
Gazette, Extraordinary
Date
1992-03-17
Page range
pp. 1-29
ISBN
0012-8953