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Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors.—Every landowner shall afford an Inspector all reasonable facilities for making an entry, Inspection, exami- nation or enquiry under this Act. . CHAPTER IIT ie yj Security of Employment anJ Welfare “7 ‘Preference for employment as agricaltaral workers— (i) The landowner shall not employ any agricultural worker other than an agricultural worker who has worked in the same land during the previous agricultural season : Provided that preference shall be given to agricultural workers employed for the previous agricultural operation m the same agricultural land during the same agricultural season : Provided further that where there are permanent workers of the landowner, such workers shall be given preference over other agricultural workers. Explanation :—For the purposes of this sub-section “permanent worker”, in relation to a land owner, means a1 agricultural worker who is bound by contract or otherwise to work in the agricultural jand of that landowner. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) where any agricultural worker has worked in the land of a landowner during three con- secutive agricultural seasons, prior to the previous agriculiural season, he shall not be denied employment merely on the ground that he has not workea during the previous agricultural season, provided his absence during that season was due to reasons beyond his conir ok. * 3) Nothing contained in sub-sestion (1) or sub-section (2) shall be deemed. to enable the land owner to refuse employment, during an agricultural season, to an agricultural worker eligible to be employed by the Jand owner undet either of those sub-sections but who has not offered himself for employ- ment on any previous day of that agricultural season. (4) Where the agricultural workers mentioned in sitb-section (J) or sub- section (2) or sub-section (3) are not available or the number of such agricul- tural workers available is less than the number required by the landowner for the agricultural operation in his land, nothing in those sub-section shall be deemed to prevent him from employizg otter agricultural workers. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of ‘this section, no landowner shall be under an obligation to employ any agti- cultural worker— (a) who does not offer himself for employment ; of (b) who is more than sixty-five years of age in the case of male worker or sixty-years of age in the case of a female worker ; or (c) who is incapacitated and is unable to do the work ; or (d) who has imtentionally caused damage of crops belonging to the landowner or caused any other loss to the landowner,