It shall be the duty of every District Magistrate and every officer specified by him under section 10 to inquire whether, after the commencement of this Act, any bonded labour system or any other form of forced labour is being enforced by, or on behalf of, any person resident within the local limits of his jurisdiction and if, as a result of such inquiry, any person is found to be enforcing the bonded labour system or any other system of forced labour, he shall forthwith take such action as may be necessary to eradicate the enforcement of such forced labour.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · DefinitionsSection 3 · Act to have overriding effectSection 4 · Abolition of bonded labour systemSection 5 · Agreement, custom, etc., to be voidSection 6(1) to 6(10 · Liability to repay bonded debt to stand extinguishedSection 7(1)(2) · Property of bonded labourer to be freed from mortgage, etcSection 8(1) & 8(2) · Freed bonded labourer not to be evicted from homestead, etIndia Code, Government of India. Text fetched 11 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2024-05-02. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.