Act Description : THE KERALA WOMEN'S COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 [1]
Act Details :-
ACT 6 OF 2002
THE KERALA WOMEN’S COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 [1]
An Act to amend the Kerala Women’s Commission Act, 1991.
Preamble.--WHEREASitisexpedienttoamendtheKeralaWomen’s Commission Act, 1991 for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
BE it enacted in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1.Short title and commencement.- (1)This Act may be called the Kerala Women’s Commission (Amendment) Act, 2002.
(2)It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 20th day ofApril, 2002.
2.Amendment of section 5.- In section 5 of the Kerala Women’s Commission Act, 1991 (17 of 1995) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),-
(a)sub-section (a) shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof and in sub-section (1) as so renumbered, for the words “a Chairperson and not more than six other members to be appointed by the Government of whom one shall be a woman belonging to “Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes”, the words “a Chairperson and not more than two other members to be appointed by the Government:
Provided that the members appointed to the Commission shall be women”. shall be substituted;
(b)sub-sections (b) and (c) shall be renumbered as sub-sections (2) and (3), respectively.
3.Amendment of section 6.- In section 6 of the principal Act, for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-
“(4)The members shall receive a fixed honorarium and other allowances and shall be governed by such conditions of service, as may be prescribed:
Provided that the fixation of the honorarium shall be without taking into consideration the past service rendered by the person in any capacity before his appointment as a member”.
4.Amendment of section 7.- In section 7 of the principal Act, for the word “four”, the word “two” shall be substituted.
5.Amendment of section 13.- In section 13 of the principal Act, for the words “salaries and allowances payable to the members” the words “honorarium and allowances payable to the members”shall be substituted.
6.Amendment of section 28.- In section 28 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
“(a) the honorarium, allowances and other conditions of service of the members; the salary, allowances and other conditions of service of the Director and other staff of the Commission;”.
7. Special provision relating to the existing Commission.-- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act, or in any other law or in any judgement, decree or order of any court, on and from the date of commencement of this Act, the Chairperson and members of the existing Commission constituted under the provisions of the principal Act shall by virtue of this Act, be deemed to have vacated their offices as such.
(2)The Chairperson and members of the Commission who cease to hold office by virtue of this Act shall be entitled to salary and allowances only for the period for which they had been Chairperson or members of the Commission, as the case may be:
Provided that the Chairperson and members of the Commission who cease to hold office by virtue of this Act shall not be entitled to salary and allowances or other pensionary benefits for the remaining period of their original appointment.
(3)All investigations, inquiries or other proceedings pending before the Commission on the date of commencement of this Act and which have not been disposed of, shall stand transferred to, and be continued by, the Commission constituted under the principal Act, as amended by this Act, as if they were commenced before it.
8.Repeal and Savings.- (1)The Kerala Women’s Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (5 of 2002) 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.
