Masters and Servants Act 1837 (SA)

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GULIELMI IV. REGIS.

AN ACT for the stomumry cletertninntion of all cZis$utes betuven

l k s t e r a d Serva~lt.

WIIERx4s it is cxpdient ;hat all disputer and difT&ences between 3Inster and Servant shodd be settlecl with the least espence

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and clelay, and that all agreements between Blaster and Serl-ant

shodd hc strictly liept, or enforced by law;

IT. 3'1iAT

Be IT TIICREFonE EXACTED, by Eris Esccllency Jorrs I I ~ x o ~ r a ~ s r ~,

Knight of the Royal 1fanovc.rinn Guelphic Order, Govcrl~or and

Commmldcr in Chief of His JIajrstv's Prorincc of Sonth Australia,.

L? nnd with tlic advice of the ~c&la t i r c Corcucil of tllc said Pro-

nnce, as follo~vs, that is to say:

I. TIIAT all disputes and diffiwllrrsbrtwcc11 t c Jlastnr nud Scr~an t,

arising out of their rclntit-c clrornctcrs as sucl~,~sllnll bc cognizal~lc in

IT. T~r.rt i f n S m m t w l ~ o shall liuvc lcgnn to scn-c or work, or

slmll ll:~i-(* r n t c w d iutu an ngrcctwnt, cithcr writtea or wrbal, to

smw or s ork b r il martcr, s l ~ J l ncglrct or .rrftisc so to SCITC or

wo~li, or s11:111 during" thc cuvrcncy of tl:c said ngrccmcnt, absent ,

llinwlf f i o n ~ his sen-ice or work without lcnl-c obtninrrl from his '

m n ~ t r r, or withoot just cnnsc d ~ o \ m, he may, for so doing, bc brought L

bcfixr mq- ouc or morc of Iris Ilnjcsty's Josticcs of thc Pcncc for the

said Pro\-inre, and on conriction shall i c coinmittcd to. prison ,and

' r l~cw li~l ' t in solitar)- confincficnt or otl~crv isc, a t thc discretion of - ,

tlic Mngistmtc collunitting, for any period not csccccling six cnlcndm -

nlontlls, n ~ l. sl-r.dl, a t thc likc discretion, forfcit thc \I-hole or such

part of m y pay or wngcs that may bc dnc- to llim a t the time of suelr

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nrglcc t, rcfi~snl, or absence.

111. T ~ T C V C ~ ). P C W O ~ emp1oy~ng a s c r ~ a n t in the kno~dedge

that such scn-ant was at tllc tiinc of such cmployrnent cng;ged or rctnincd by any othcr cn~ploycr, sithont the crprcss pcimssion of such en~pllo)-er, slmll, for so doing, on con~iction bcfow any one or

morc of His hlnjcstp's Justiccs of t1:c Pcncc for thc k id Province, -

be fincd ill n stun not cscccding Fifty pounds sterling, nor less than Rye po~ulds sterling; and in the sum of Fiw pot~nds sterling per

dicm for cvcry day dwinp which he shall continuc to employ such

Sci-knt, from the day of such coli~iction, which sums shall be rccovcrablc by distress, and one half thereof shall bc pnid to the

pcrson nggricwd, and thc other linlf to tlic Trcasnrcr of the said

Pro~incc, for thc g c n c d p~ufposcs of t l ~ c said Pro~incc.

1V. THAT on tl:c complaint of any S c ~ a n t of thc non-fulfilment

of mq- contract or c~~gngcmcnt, or of nny ill usage on the prt of thc

hlastw, i t slrnll bc lnwful for any hlngistmtc of tlic said Prolime, 011 poof, to put an end to and cnnccl such contract mlcl agecmcnt, and the said 3fngistratc 6111211 cl~lnngcs as he may consiilcr just, not cscccding in amount is h c ~ c b y cmpo~~crcd to award to such Serl-nnt twclrc month's nagcs;and to impose on tlw said Master such adcli-

tionnl finc or priinlty as to the said Msgidrntc may seem just, under	.
tlio circninrtnncrs of tlic cnsc, not esrcrdit~g Twenty pomds sterling, nor lrss than Fifty sldlings s t c r h g; n-hicl: dnnngcs and adilitioiml
fine or pcnnlty, sl~nll bc sccowrablc and lcvicd by distress; and tllo

finc or pcnnlty r o lcviotl d d l bc p d the Trcnsurrr of &C said

P r o ~ i n c e for t l ir gmuvml ptuporcs ihcrcof.

Parsed the Council Janrmy 4,

1837.

CEO. STEVESSON,

Clerk of ConnciL I ..

By His Excellency'r command, .

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ROl3EBT GOUGER,

Colonial Secretary. ,