BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM (ABOLITION) RULES, 1976 — The BONDED LABOUR (ABOLITION) ACT, 1976

BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM (ABOLITION) RULES, 1976 G.S.R. 9(E), dated New Delhi, the 28 th . February, 1976. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with sub-section (2) of section 26 of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: -- 1. Short title and commencement. --(1) These rules may be called the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Rules, 1976. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definition. -- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires. – (a) “Act” means the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976); (b) "District Vigilance Committee" means a Vigilance Committee constituted for a district under sub-section (1) of Section 13; (c) “section” means a section of the Act; (d) "Sub-Divisional Vigilance Committee" means a Vigilance Committee constituted, for a sub-division under sub-section (1) of section 13. 3. Term of office and vacation of seat of members of District Vigilance Committee. -(1) 1 Every member, of a district Vigilance Committee nominated under clauses (b), (c), (d) of sub-section (2) of Section 13 shall hold office for a period of two year from date on which his nomination is notified in the Official Gazette and shall, on the expiry of the said period, continue to hold office until his successor is nominated and shall also be eligible for re-nomination. (2) Every member referred to in sub-rule (1) – 2 (a) may, by giving notice in writing 3 [of not less than 30 days] to the authority which nominated him, resign his office and, on such resignation being accepted 4 [or on the expiry of the notice period of 30 days, whichever is earlier], shall be deemed to have vacated his office; (b) s