Section 15
Housing facilities.
The Plantations Labour Act, 1951
About this Act
An Act to provide for the welfare of labour, and to regulate the conditions of work, in plantations.
1[15. Housing facilities.--It shall be the duty of every employer to provide and maintain necessary
housing accommodation--
(a) for every worker (including his family) residing in the plantation;
(b) for every worker (including his family) residing outside the plantation, who has put in six months of continuous service in such plantation and who has expressed a desire in writing to reside in the plantation:
Provided that the requirement of continuous service of six months under this clause shall not apply to a worker who is a member of the family of a deceased worker who, immediately before his death, was residing in the plantation.]
(a) for every worker (including his family) residing in the plantation;
(b) for every worker (including his family) residing outside the plantation, who has put in six months of continuous service in such plantation and who has expressed a desire in writing to reside in the plantation:
Provided that the requirement of continuous service of six months under this clause shall not apply to a worker who is a member of the family of a deceased worker who, immediately before his death, was residing in the plantation.]
Notes
1. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for section 15 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).