THE KERALA SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS [1]

(AMENDMENT) ACT, 1979 

(ACT 34 OF 1979) 

          An Act further to amend the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1960

          Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1960, for the purpose hereinafter appearing;

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

        1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments (Amendment) Act, 1979.

        (2) It shall come into force at once

           2. Amendment of section 18.-In section 18 of the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1960 (34 of 1960), after sub-section (4) the following sub-section shall be inserted namely:-

        "(4A). In directing the payment of compensation under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4), the appellate authority may include as part of the compensation the wages of the employee for the period he was kept out of employment.".