1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of October, 1975.
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Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Act to have overriding effect.Section 4 · Abolition of bonded labour system.Section 5 · Agreement, custom, etc., to be void.Section 6 · Liability to repay bonded debt to stand extinguished.Section 7 · Property of bonded labourer to be freed from mortgage, etc.Section 8 · Freed bonded labourer not to be evicted from homestead, etc.Section 9 · Creditor not to accept payment against extinguished debt.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 14 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.