Masters and Servants Act 1849 (SA)

No. 5.

RDIKArVCE Enacted by the Governor of south Australia, with the advice awl

consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

o amend an Ordinunce (No. 9, of 1847) L L TO amend the Laws

relating. to Masters and Servunts."

P [lst August, 1849.1

WHEREAS by an Ordinance of the Governor of South Australia,

Fith thc advice and consent of the Legislative C:ouncil thereof, pas- Proamble.

ed on the twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight ltundred and nrty-seven, (No. g), "To anield the Laws relating to Masters and

'Servants," it was inter alia (Section 11) Provided, that no la- NO. Y of 184;.

'bower sh:tll be compelled to serve under any such contract (as Sec. 11. Limitation

of the United Kingdom and the Australasian Coloiiies: Be

'therein mentioned) made out of the Province, after reimbursement " , ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ [ h ~ ~ ~

'or tender shall have been made to the master whom he may have vince.

contracted to serve, of all sums which may have been defr&ed or

advanced on account of the espeuses of the conveyailce to the Pro-

vince of the labourer so contracting, and his wife and family if any,

and not in any case after the pei-iod of one year from the arrival of	.
such labourer in the E'rovince: Frovidecl also, that on such reim- bursement or tender being made, and in any cvcnt on the expiration
'of one year from and after the day of arrival in the Provincc of I
any such labourer, the contract, so far as respects the future service
'of such labourer, shall determine and be of no force or effect":
hi whereas it is expedient that an exception should be made in the !rovisiuas aforesaid, to any contracts of service made within the

Hot to cxtend to con-

p. Be it therefore Ihmcted hy the Governor of South Aust~alia, from and after th? pgssing here05 th;! W

a*	tracts of service made
within the United the advice and conseqt of the Legislative Council thereof. T1
Kingdom and Anstral- said recited provisions si~ai;
ssian Colonies.

e'itend to any contra'cts of seraice. de within the limits of the Ullil

Kingdom of Great Britain and 1r%d, or of the British Colonies

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Australasia.

M@&ratesmay, at 11. And whereas it i,s expedient that Magistrates should havc

discretion,

G.,eS

puniah of- discretion of punishing offences against the said Ordinancc hv

nalties, and that the provisions thereof should be extencted to f k

servants; Be it ~ n i c t e d That for any offence against the said

diunnce it s l d l be lawful for any two Justices of the Peace, ij shall seem to them to meet the justice of the case, in lieu of' punishment thereby prescribed (but besides awarding an al~tenl

or forfeiture of wages, if any), to impose a penalty not rscrrd Twcxnty Pounds, ~i t~l .1 costs, which shall be recovern1)le in summary manner, according to the laws Ihr regulatilig the groveedil of ,l rlstices of the Peace.

Ordinancetoextend 111. Ancl be it Enacted That the provisions of the said 0r.diiiai

to female servants.

as hereby amended, sliall extend to a id include all female 2s a

as n d c servants.

Passed the Leg islut5z.e Council, this

First dclq of Aug11st, One Tl,,ousnn rl: -

Eight L ~ u n d r c d and Forty-nine. I V\'. L. O)HALLOI[:AK,

Clerk of Council,

ADELAIDE : Printed by authority by W. C. Cox, at the hvernment prillti

Office, Victoria-square.