Section 5
Agreement, custom, etc., to be void.
The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
About this Act
An Act to provide for the abolition of bonded labour system with a view to preventing the economic and physical exploitation of the weaker sections of the people and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
On the commencement of this Act, any custom or tradition
or any contract, agreement or other instrument (whether entered into or executed before or after the
commencement of this Act), by virtue of which any person, or any member of the family or dependant of
such person, is required to do any work or render any service as a bonded labourer, shall be void and
inoperative.