Transport on repatriation

(1) The employer shall whenever possible provide transport for workers who are being repatriated. (2) A labour officer shall take all necessary measures to ensure and may give such directions to the employer or to any person acting on behalf of the employer as will ensure– (a) that the vehicles or vessels used for transport of workers are suitable for such transport, are in good sanitary conditions and are not over- crowded; (b) that, when it is necessary to break the journey for the night, suitable accommodation is provided for the workers; (c) that, when the workers have to make long journeys on foot, the length of the daily journey is compatible with the maintenance of their health and strength; and (d) that, in the case of long journeys, all necessary arrangements are made for medical assistance and for the welfare of the workers. (3) When the workers have to make long journeys in groups, they shall be conveyed by a person who is fit to assume responsibility for their welfare during the journey. (4) Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with this section or with any directions of a labour officer lawfully given under this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six