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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 The Assam Labour and Emigration Act should be repealed and 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on the agencies for obtaining recruits for Assam should be withdrawn | 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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