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A.D. 1850.]
ACT XIX.
331
tract, without formal proof of the handwriting of the magistrate or
registering officer.
XI. The terms of service may be changed at any time during the appren-
ticeship, or the contract may be determined, with the consent of both
parties to the contract or their personal representatives, and with the
consent of the apprentice, if he is above the age of fourteen years ; pro-
vided that the changes agreed to or the termination of the contract shall
be expressed in writing on the original contract, with the signature of the
proper parties, according to Section VIII. of this Act; and the magistrate
or registering officer shall thereupon make, under his hand, corresponding
endorsements on the office copies, which shall be brought to him at the
same time for that purpose.
How the terms of
service may he changed
or contract deter-
XII. The master of any apprentice bound under this Act may, with the How and when ap-
consent of the person by whom he was bound, and with the consent of the ^ed*by ass^nmen^
apprentice, if he is above the age of fourteen years, assign such apprentice
to any other person who is willing to take him for the residue of his
apprenticeship, and subject to the conditions thereof; provided that such
person shall, by endorsement under his own hand on the contract, declare
his acceptance of such apprentice, and acknowledge himself bound by the
agreements and covenants therein mentioned to be performed on the part
of the master, and that, the consent of the other parties aforesaid shall be
expressed in writing on the same, and signed by them respectively: and
every such assignment shall be certified on the ofhce copies of the contract,
under the hand of the magistrate or registering officer, according to the
form given in Schedule (B), annexed to this Act.
XIII. Upon complaint made to any magistrate in the said territories, Magistrates may in-
by or on behalf of any apprentice bound under this Act, of refusal or agaiMt^masterT^*^^
neglect to provide for him, or to teach him according to the contract of
apprenticeship, or of cruelty, or other ill-treatment by his master, or by the
agent under whom he shall have been placed by his master, the magistrate
may summon the master or his agent, as the case may be, if he shall be
within his jurisdiction, to appear before him at a reasonable time, to be
stated in the summons, to answer the complaint; and at such time, whether
the master or his agent be present or not (service of the summons being
proved), may examine into the matter of the complaint; and, upon proof May cancel contract,
thereof, may cancel the contract of apprenticeship, and assess upon the penalty trom
offender, whether he shall be the master or his agent, a reasonable sum for
behoof of the apprentice, not exceeding four times the amount of the
premium paid upon the binding ; or if no premium, or a less premium than
fifty rupees, was paid, not exceeding two hundred rupees; and if the
offender shall not pay the sum so assessed, may levy the same by distress
and sale of his goods and chattels; and if the offender shall not be the
master, but his agent, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the
master also.
XIV. No contract of apprenticeship shall be cancelled, nor shall any Moderate chastise-
master or his agent be liable to any criminal proceeding on account of ^ ^ malted,
such moderate chastisement for misbehaviour, given to anv apprentice by
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ACT XIX.
331
tract, without formal proof of the handwriting of the magistrate or
registering officer.
XI. The terms of service may be changed at any time during the appren-
ticeship, or the contract may be determined, with the consent of both
parties to the contract or their personal representatives, and with the
consent of the apprentice, if he is above the age of fourteen years ; pro-
vided that the changes agreed to or the termination of the contract shall
be expressed in writing on the original contract, with the signature of the
proper parties, according to Section VIII. of this Act; and the magistrate
or registering officer shall thereupon make, under his hand, corresponding
endorsements on the office copies, which shall be brought to him at the
same time for that purpose.
How the terms of
service may he changed
or contract deter-
XII. The master of any apprentice bound under this Act may, with the How and when ap-
consent of the person by whom he was bound, and with the consent of the ^ed*by ass^nmen^
apprentice, if he is above the age of fourteen years, assign such apprentice
to any other person who is willing to take him for the residue of his
apprenticeship, and subject to the conditions thereof; provided that such
person shall, by endorsement under his own hand on the contract, declare
his acceptance of such apprentice, and acknowledge himself bound by the
agreements and covenants therein mentioned to be performed on the part
of the master, and that, the consent of the other parties aforesaid shall be
expressed in writing on the same, and signed by them respectively: and
every such assignment shall be certified on the ofhce copies of the contract,
under the hand of the magistrate or registering officer, according to the
form given in Schedule (B), annexed to this Act.
XIII. Upon complaint made to any magistrate in the said territories, Magistrates may in-
by or on behalf of any apprentice bound under this Act, of refusal or agaiMt^masterT^*^^
neglect to provide for him, or to teach him according to the contract of
apprenticeship, or of cruelty, or other ill-treatment by his master, or by the
agent under whom he shall have been placed by his master, the magistrate
may summon the master or his agent, as the case may be, if he shall be
within his jurisdiction, to appear before him at a reasonable time, to be
stated in the summons, to answer the complaint; and at such time, whether
the master or his agent be present or not (service of the summons being
proved), may examine into the matter of the complaint; and, upon proof May cancel contract,
thereof, may cancel the contract of apprenticeship, and assess upon the penalty trom
offender, whether he shall be the master or his agent, a reasonable sum for
behoof of the apprentice, not exceeding four times the amount of the
premium paid upon the binding ; or if no premium, or a less premium than
fifty rupees, was paid, not exceeding two hundred rupees; and if the
offender shall not pay the sum so assessed, may levy the same by distress
and sale of his goods and chattels; and if the offender shall not be the
master, but his agent, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the
master also.
XIV. No contract of apprenticeship shall be cancelled, nor shall any Moderate chastise-
master or his agent be liable to any criminal proceeding on account of ^ ^ malted,
such moderate chastisement for misbehaviour, given to anv apprentice by
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