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(#32) In the case of factories the inspection staff should be res- 
ponsible for enforcement and the Chief Inspector of 
Factories should review the position in his annual re- 
port. As regards railways the registers should be 
scrutinised at intervals by the audit officer. 
fiw} The imposition of a deduction not permissible by law should 
be punishable, but the usual form of proceeding should 
not be a prosecution but an application before specially 
empowered magistrates and other officers for the re- 
covery of the wrongful payment and for compensation. 
Such an application may be made by an inspector, by 
the workman aggrieved or by any person acting on his 
behalf. The procedure should be summary and the 
amount of compensation should not exceed ten times 
the sum wrongfully deducted. 
prosecution should only be instituted with the sanction 
of an inspector or an officer before whom a proceeding 
for contravention has been taken .. we we 
Restrictions on sale of liquor. 
180. (a) In all large cities and industrial areas a general policy 
should be adopted of restricting the facilities for the sale of liquor. 
(b) The areas selected should .be sufficiently wide to ensure 
the policy of restriction being effective. 
(¢) The number of drink shops should be reduced. 
(d) Hours of opening should be limited, and should in no 
cage include any part of the forenoon. Outside the stated hours the sale 
of liquor should be prohibited. 
(e) The possibility of an extension of the system by which 
spirituous liquor may not be supplied except in sealed bottles should be 
examined . . we ve 
CHAPTER XII1.—INDEBTEDNESS. 
181. All railway administrations should make persistent efforts to 
help their workers by means of co-operative credit. A study should be 
made of the methods adopted on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India 
Railway ie we ni 
182, The salary and wages of all workmen receiving less than 
Rs. 300 a month should be exempted entirely from the possibility of 
attachment. Failing extension to all persons below this salary limit, 
the definition of workman in the Workmen's Compensation Act might be 
suitable oe os vo ry -* 
183. At least so far as industrial workers in receipt of wages or salary 
of less than Ras, 100 a month are concerned, arrest and imprisonment for 
debt should be abolished except where the debtor has been proved to be 
both able and unwilling to pay  .. I. re oe 
184. Workers’ contributions to provident funds maintained by 
private employers and certified by Government for the purpose should be 
safeguarded against attachment .. a vie ae vs 
185. Legislation should be enacted providing a summary proce- 
dure for the liquidation of workers’ unsecured debts. . oe . 
(2) The court should be required to estimate the probable in- 
come and reasonable expenditure of the worker during 
the ensuing two years ve ce ve ve 
(b) The amount of the decree issued should be based on the 
difference between the two sums. Bm 
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