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20. Nobody is allowed to molest a labourer in the course 
of his employment. 
21. Pregnant women are entitled to stop work for one 
month before and one month after confinement, and the employer 
is required to pay a maternity allowance for these two months, 
provided the woman goes to hospital for confinement or stays 
on the estate and does not work for any other person than the 
employer. 
22. Not more than three adult labourers may be housed in 
one room. A married couple must be given a room to themselves. 
23. If a labourer or his dependant requires medical treat¬ 
ment the employer must send him to hospital. Medicines must 
be provided on the estate. 
24. No labourer is liable for the debt or default of any 
other person. 
25. If a labourer is discharged his wife and children under 
15 must be allowed to leave with him. 
26. The Controller may send an immigrant back to India 
within one year of his arrival in the Colony if the state of his 
health requires it, if the work he is required to do is unsuited 
to his capacity, if he has been unjustly treated by his employer, 
or for any other sufficient reason. 
27. —(a) If a labourer, through no fault of his own, is acci¬ 
dentally hurt while working for an employer and has to be absent 
from work for more than seven days, he is entitled to compensa¬ 
tion from his employer. 
( b ) If a labourer is accidentally killed while working for an 
employer, his dependants are entitled to compensation from his 
employer. 
28. If a labourer wishes to make a complaint to the 
Controller of personal ill-usage or breach of any provisions of 
the labour law,, he may inform his employer who is required on 
pain of fine to notify the Controller within two days. 
29. There are Labour Offices at Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, 
Klang, Seremban, Penang, Singapore, Johore Bahru, Sungei 
Patani and Kuala Krai to which labourers can address complaints 
by letter or in person. The Agent of the Government of India 
in Malaya has his office in Kuala Lumpur and complaints may 
also be addressed to him. 
30. This abstract is required to be exhibited by all employers 
who employ not less than 25 Indian labourers. [INo. 7 1 /3 7 ] - 
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Section 219. 
Section 29. 
Rule 10. 
Section 187. 
Section 17. 
Section 218. 
Sec. 83(7). 
Workmen’s 
Compensa¬ 
tion 
Ordinance 
(Cap. 70). 
Section 40. 
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