Central Act
Section 15. Housing facilities.
THE PLANTATIONS LABOUR ACT, 1951
This Act was repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (37 of 2020), s.143(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
2[15. Housing facilities.—It shall be the duty of every employer to provide and maintain necessary housing accommodation— (a) for every worker (including his family) residing in the plantation; (b) for every worker (including his family) residing outside the plantation, who has put in six months of continuous service in such plantation and who has expressed a desire in writing to reside in the plantation: Provided that the requirement of continuous service of six months under this clause shall not apply to a worker who is a member of the family of a deceased worker who, immediately before his death, was residing in the plantation.]