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NPL-2002-L-71670
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Bonded Labour (Prohibition) Act, 2002 (Act No. 21).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Nepal
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of forced labour
Adopted on (Date of text)
2002-04-20
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Prohibits labour or services provided by a person to his creditor without any wages or at low rates of wages to repay loans (Kamaiya labour). All persons working as Kamaiya labourers at the time of the commencement of the Act are ipso facto freed from that labour (art. 3). Loans do not have to be repaid (art. 5). The Act establishes Freed Kamaiya Rehabilitation and Monitoring Committee in districts prescribed by HMG and sets out their functions. In addition, Welfare Officers are to be designated to assist freed Kamiaya labourers (arts. 10-11). The HMG shall have the power to fix minimum wages for agricultural labourers (art. 13). Chapter 6 sets out the complaints, penalties and appeals.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Laws on-line in English
Author
Nepal Law Commission
Place of publication
www.lawcommission.gov.np
Country
Nepal
URL
http://www.lawcommission.gov.np
File
NPL71670.pdf (PDF of Law in English)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Nepal Rajapatra (Extraordinary)
Author
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Date
2002-02-21
Edition
(Falgun 9, 2058)
Volume
Vol. 51
Number
No. 7