ACT 8 OF 1998

THE KERALA PANCHAYAT RAJ (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998

An Act further to amend the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994

     Preamble.--WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, for the purposes hereinafter appearing;

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

     1.    Short title and commencement.--(1)   This Act may be called the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act, 1998.

            (2)   It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 10th day of November, 1997

     2.    Amendment of the Third Schedule.--In the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in the Third Schedule, under the heading "13 Social Welfare", after item (h), the following items shall be inserted, namely:--

            (i)   distribution of the Social Security Pensions.

            (j)   distribution  of unemployment dole, Agricultural Workers' Pension".

     3.    Amendment of the Fifth Schedule.--In the principal Act, in the Fifth Schedule,--

            (1)   under  the heading "12. Social Welfare", item (a) shall be omitted;

            (2)   under the heading "16.  Labour", item 2 shall be omitted.

     4.    Repeal and Saving.--(1)   The Kerala Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 1998 (4 of 1998), is hereby repealed.

            (2)   Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or deemed to have been done or any action taken or deemed to have been 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.