Section 2
Punishment for refusing or neglecting to comply with such call.
The Madras Compulsory Labour Act, 1858
About this Act
AN ACT to make lawful compulsory labor for the prevention of mischief by inundation, and to provide for the enforcement of customary labor on certain works of irrigation in the Presidency of Fort Saint George
Any male person of the
laboring classes being duly called upon by the head of his village to labour as aforesaid, who shall refuse
or neglect to comply with such call without any lawful excuse shall, on conviction before a Magistrate or
an Officer exercising the ordinary powers of a Magistrate, be punished with a fine which may extend to one
hundred Rupees, or with simple imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with both.