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APPENDIX 1.

277. The Assam Labour and Emigration Act should be repealed and
8 new measure should be enacted in its place _-

278. Where control is required, it should be exercised over the
forwarding of recruits to the Assam plantations. All Special restrictions
on the agencies for obtaining recruits for Assam should be withdrawn |

279. The new Act should provide—

(2) that no assisted emigrant from controlled areas should be for-
warded to the Assam tea gardens except through a depét
maintained by the industry or by suitable groups of em.
ployers and approved by the local Government or by such
authority as it may appoint ve .. -

(b) that local agents should maintain registers of recruits in the
prescribed form ‘e oe .e ve ..

{¢) that minors unaccompanied by a parent or guardian should
not be forwarded ; and - aio .. .e

(d) that the depot and its registers should be open to inspection
by officers appointed by the provincial Government for this
purpose .. ,e ys .e . ‘i

280. Rules under the Act should provide for the detention of women
and minors for a limited period ve on

281. The Government of India should have power to frame rules re-
garding transit arrangements and should provide for the following of
sertain prescribed routes to Assam and for the maintenance of depéts at
Aecessary intervals wy

282. In areas not inhabited by aboriginals the Government of India,
in consultation with provincial Governments and the industry, should
consider whether the restrictions over forwarding should not be dispensed
with. In all controlled areas the position should be reviewed after the
expiry of five years or

283. The law should enable the Government of India, in the event of
the recrudescence of abuses, to re-introduce in any area the prohibition of
recruitment otherwise than by means of licensed garden sardars and
licensed recruiters
284. The Act should be limited to the control of assisted emigra.
bion. The definition of *‘ emigrant > should exclude any person who hag
been employed within the preceding twelve months in any capacity in
Assam and assistance should be defined so as to exclude mere persuasion
and propaganda from the scope of the restrictions ., is ..

285. The Act should apply to those provinces in which the Assam
Labour and Emigration Act is now in force, but recruitment within
Assam itself should not be subject to control ve -

286. It should be possible to extend control to recruitment for any
work in Assam, but in present circumstances there is no justification for
:ontrol except in the case of recruitment for tea gardens oe os

287. The Assam Labour Board should be abolished ve .e

288. (a) The Government of India should appoint a Protector of
Immigrants in Assam to look after the interests of emigrants from other
provinces who have not yet settled in Assam. This officer should also
be entrusted with responsibility for emigrants during the journey -

{) The cost of the Protector of Immigrants and his staff should
be defrayed by a cess on emigrants .

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