PAYMENT OF WAGES (TAMIL NADU AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999
(Tamil Nadu Act 38 of 1999)
Received the assent of the President on the 2nd August 1999 and first published in Part IV - Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary dated 6th August 1999.
An Act further to Amend the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, in its application to the State of Tamil Nadu.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in , the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Payment of Wages (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1999.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.
Statement of Objects and Reasons - Payment of Wages (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1999. - With a view to have expeditious disposal of the long pending cases and to deal with the cases more conveniently, particularly, to the convenience of parties, it has been considered necessary to make a provision in the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (Central Act IV of 1936), for transfer of cases under the said Act from one authority to another authority. Therefore, it has been decided to amend the said Act, in its application to the State of Tamil Nadu, suitably for the above purpose.
2. The Bill seeks to give effect to the above decision.
Published in Part IV - Section 1 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 7th May 1999.
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2. Insertion of new section 18-A. - After section 18 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (Central Act IV of 1936), the following section shall be inserted, namely: -
"18-A. Transfer of cases. - (1) The State Government may, either on their own motion or on an application made in this behalf, order the transfer of any matter arising out of any proceedings pending before an authority to such other authority for disposal. Such authority to whom the matter is so transferred may, subject to any direction in the order of transfer, proceed either de novo or from the stage at which it is so transferred.
(2) The State Government may, by general or special order, authorise any officer of the Labour Department not below the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Labour to exercise such of their powers specified in sub-section (1).
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