BOMBAY INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (GUJARAT AMENDMENT) ACT, 1981
GUJARAT ACT NO. 22 OF 1981.
(First published, after having received the assent of the President in the “Gujarat Government Gazette” on the 25th June, 1981).
An Act further to amend the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946, and the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, in its application to the State of Gujarat.
It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Short title and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Industrial Relations and Industrial Disputes (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 1981.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Amendment of section 3 of Bom. XI of 1947.
Bom. XI of 1947.
2. In the Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946 (hereinafter referred to as “ the Bombay Act”), in section 3, in clause (13), in sub-clause (b), in paragraph (ii), for the words “five hundred”, the words “one thousand” shall be substituted.
Amendment of section 9 of Bom. XI of 1947.
3. In the Bombay Act, section 9 shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section and in sub-section (1) as so renumbered,
(1) for the words, “the prescribed qualifications to preside over such Courts”, the words, brackets .and figure “the qualifications specified in sub-section (2) to preside over such Courts” shall be substituted;
(2) for the proviso, the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
“(2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as the Presiding Officer of a Labour Court unless,—
XIV of 1947.
(a) he has practised as an advocate or a pleader for not less than three years in the High Court or any court subordinate thereto, or in any Labour Court, Industrial Court or Tribunal established in the State under this Act or the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 or any law corresponding to any such Act, for the time being in force in the State; or
(b) he has regularly appeared as a member of a trade union, for not less than seven years in proceedings before any such Labour Court, Industrial Court or Tribunal and holds a degree in law of a University established by law in any part of India, or
(c) he holds a degree in law of a University established by law in any part of India and has held an office not lower in rank than that of a Registrar of a Labour Court or an Industrial Court or of an Assistant Commissioner of Labour under the State Government, for not less than five years.”.
Amendment of section 2 of Act No. XIV of 1947.
XIV of 1947
4. In the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 in its application to the State of Gujarat (hereinafter referred to as “the Central Act”), in section 2, in clause (5), in sub-clause (iv), for the words “five hundred” the words “one thousand six hundred” shall be substituted.
Amendment of section 7A of Act No. XIV of 1947.
5. In the Central Act, in section 7A, in sub-section (5), after clause (c), the following clause shall be added, namely:-
“(d) he holds a degree in law of a University established by law in any part of India and is holding or has held an office not lower in rank than that of Assistant Commissioner of Labour under the State Government for not less than ten years.”. |
