6l2 MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS 



granted by the head of the local government in which 

 they reside. Persons not in the service of a recruiting 

 agent cannot obtain a recruiting licence. 



All such licences, which are given in writing, are only 

 issued to persons of good reputation. They are liable to 

 cancellation by the authority by whom they were granted 

 in the event of the holder, in the performance of his 

 duties in connection with recruiting, failing to fulfil the 

 obligations imposed upon him, or being guilty of un- 

 authorized acts with regard to the natives concerned. 



The engagement of non-adult natives is prohibited; as 

 regards married women, their engagement is only per- 

 mitted subject to their husbands giving their consent to 

 that effect. 



The law imposes upon the recruiting agent various 

 obligations, of which the following are the principal : 



(a) The engaged persons to be housed in depots to be 

 erected or fitted up and maintained at his expense, both 

 in the chief centres of the divisions in which he carries 

 on his work, and at the place of embarkation of such 

 engaged persons. 



(b) All persons housed in such depots to be properly 

 treated, fed, and clothed. 



(c) Sick persons to be conveyed to a ward or hospital 

 "kept separate for such purpose. 



(d) The engaged persons to be medically examined at 

 liis expense to ascertain whether or not they are physically 

 capable of performing the work for which they were 

 engaged. 



Before the persons engaged shall be transported to the 

 depot at the place of embarkation they must be in 

 possession of a declaration issued by the authority in the 

 interior where the negotiations regarding the engagement 

 were first opened, as evidence of their agreement with the 

 principal terms of the labour contracts to be concluded 

 with them in any of the three ports of Batavia, Semarang, 

 tind Soerabaya. 



Embarkation of contract labourers at any other port 

 than the above is prohibited. 



No labour contract may be made unless accompanied by 

 :a medical certificate, stating that the labourer is physically 



