THE TAMIL NADU MANUAL WORKERS (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF WORK) AMENDMENT ACT, 2003
Act No. 32 of 2003
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-fourth 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, 2003.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint.
2. Insertion of new section 6-A.
After section 6 of the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Act, 1982, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—
"6-A. Amalgamation of Boards.— (1) Where the Government are satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest or for the purpose of securing the proper management of any Board, that two or more Boards should be amalgamated, the Government may formula a proposal for amalgamation and shall publish such proposal in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette and in not less than one Tamil daily newspaper having wide circulation in the State.
(2) Any member of the Board concerned, any manual worker registered under any scheme administered by such Boards or any other person likely to be affected, may, within thirty days from the date of publication of the proposal for amalgamation in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette or in the Tamil daily newspaper, whichever is later, file objection or suggestion to the proposed amalgamation before the Government.
(3) The Government may, after considering the objections and suggestions, if any, pass an order approving or modifying the proposal or pass such other order as they deem fit. The order shall specify the constitution and authorities of the Board and shall contain the duties, liabilities and obligations of such Board and such other incidental, consequential and supplemental provisions as may, in the opinion of the Government, be necessary to give effect to the order.
(4) Every order made under sub-section (3) shall be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
(5) On and from the date of order of amalgamation, the assets, liabilities, properties, rights and interests and the records, registers and other documents of the Boards so amalgamated shall stand transferred to the amalgamated Board.". |
