ACT 36 OF 2008

THE KERALA HANDLOOM WORKERS’ WELFARE FUND

(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008

An Act further to amend the Kerala Handloom Worker’s Welfare Fund Act, 1989.

      Preamble – WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Handloom Workers’ Welfare fund Act, 1989 for the purposes hereinafter appearing;

          BE it enacted in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

(1) Short title and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Handloom Workers’ Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act,2008.

       (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force  on the 16th day of January, 2008.

           2  Amendment of Section 3 – In the Kerala Handloom Workers’ Welfare Fund Act,1989(2 of 1989),(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in clause (a) of  sub-section(4) of section 3,-

                (1)in sub-clause (i), for the words “sixty years”, the words “fifty eight years” shall be  substituted;

         (2) in sub-clause (ii), for the words “sixty years”, the words “fifty eight years” shall be substituted.

          3. Amendment of section 5 – In sub-section (1) of section 5 of the principal Act, after the word “Scheme”, the words “either prospectively or retrospectively” shall be inserted.

          4.  Special provision for giving pension to the handloom workers’ who happened to be retired at the age of 58 years.-Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act, the handloom workers who happened to be retired at the age of 58 years by any reasons, shall have eligibility for pension, but they have no eligibility for pension arrears.

          5.  Repeal and saving.-(1) The Kerala Handloom Workers’ Welfare Fund(Amendment) Ordinance,2008 (24 of 2008) is hereby repealed.

          (2)  Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act.