THE TAMIL NADU MANUAL WORKERS (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF WORK) AMENDMENT ACT, 2001
ACT No. 2 of 2001
An Act further to amend the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Act, 1982.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Fifty- second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and Commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Amendment Act, 2001.
(2) (a) Clauses (1) and (2) of section 3 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 16th day of December 2000.
(b) Clause (3) of section 3 shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. Amendment of section 4.
In section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and conditions of Work) Act, 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).-
(1) the expression "and subject to the condition of previous publication" shall be omitted;
(2) the first proviso shall be omitted.
3. Amendment of section 8-B.
In section 8-B of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),—
(1) in clause (a) for the expression beginning with the words "within such time as may be prescribed" and ending with the words "by the Government by notification", the following expression shall be substituted, namely:-
"to the respective Board established under section 6, for any scheduled employment, other than the scheduled employment in construction or maintenance of dams, bridges, roads or in any building operations, a sum at such rate, in such manner and within such time, as specified in the scheme";
(2) in clause (c), for the expression "shall pay a sum of rupees twenty per month in such manner and within such time as may be specified in the scheme", the expression "shall pay a sum, at such rate, in such manner and within such time, as specified in the scheme in respect of such scheduled employment" shall be substituted;
(3) In sub-section (2), for the expression "within ninety days from the date of collection of such sum", the expression "within such lime as may be prescribed" shall be substituted. |