Bare ActsThe working journalists and other newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955

Section 2

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Added oy'ott ai ti'is}s' sec' 3 (w'e'f ' 28-8'-79'89)' ' 3' Subs' uV oti-ii " llqez' sec' 4' for section i1 (w'e'f' 15-1-1963)' 1l lr ii l it 'ii !. Sec.13A]TheWorkingJourna'listsandotherNewspaperEmntguee.l.9 ponlitioi" of-service) and Miscellaneous Frovisions Act, 1955 (3)If,foranyreason/aVacancyoccursintheofficeofChairmanoranyother member of the Board, the Centrai-Government.-shau fill the vacancy by appointing anothJr"purio., thereto. lil u.*tJu"ce wlth the provisions of section g and any proceedin-g may be .o.,tii.rl;-;;i;;" the eoard so reconstituted from ffi t I #: ;:*lll lt"#l'iia.3:t["$i te, en r911e re commendations o r the wage Board.-(1) As soon as *uy-it urtel llie receipt of the recommendations of tie Board., the Centrut Gor.r#7;^;hr11 *ukt'u'l order in terms of the recommend.ations or subject to ,.,fr'il"aliit"tlt"s'.if any' as it thinks fit' being mod.ifications which, in'!he opinion;ilh;-e;"ttiico'iernment' do not effect important alterati^Jns i'' tn" th'u'uttt' of the recommendations' ^ (2) Norwirhstanltnq .qyrlyg' .o^id*d in toult".tlo" (1), the Central Gov;rnTei'#il''rt"i^'til:l,tit;;"., in the recommendations, not being modifications of tf," ^uti,iu "futt"a to in sub-section (1)' as it thinks fit: ProvidedthatbeforemakingalYsgchmodifications,theCentral Government shall .urrr" ,,Jii."io b'e grven to all persons likely to be affected thereby in such;;;;;*Eybe presciibed, and shall take into account any r"pr"r#iliioL;hi;( tr..i *uy make in this behalf Oi ilr}"rtilt;"%*mendarions or any part thereof to the Board' in which case, the centrai corru**unt shall consider its further recommendations una'?Ju 1., order either in terms of the recommendations o, *itrr'J.,.r, modificatio"t or the nature referred to in sub-section (1) as ii tftit'rc fit' r --.^r^- tLic cpntic (3) Every "rd#;;l;i *l Central Govemment under this section shall be published in the olfi irul burutt -il;;th; *ittt the iecommendations of the board reiating,",t" l.a".La,n"'lii..*ilii;;" into operation on the date of publication or ;';;;rt.. *r,.til"i fr[rp".ti"e1y or retiospectively, as may belpecified in the order'] .., r r^ -.,aaac ar han those 21tS. Wo.king journalists entitled to wages at rates not less t specified in the o-rd"r.-On tf,u .o*ii! iri1o. op"gtutiotl of an order of the Central Government under section tZ, euiiy irork'nf lot'*uiitt shall be entitled to be paid by his emploY:'y,1g::'t trtt "ui;";ht?t'srtadin no case be less than the rate of wages ,p"ilfiud in the order'l 13A- Power of co"""*J"i to fix interim rates of wages'- (1)Notwithstandirtganylhinq.*^.,m"a_"..thisAct,wheretheCentral Governme.,t i, oiop"inioritf,utlt iu *.urrurl s: to.do' it may' after consultation with rhe Board, ;r"[il]t:r*" * iilofft ciil Gazette, fix interim rates of wages * 'EYT:;t#"'.1ii.",trJ3r"ilil,-ltJ; so fixed shalr be binding on all e,mprovers -in relation to newspaper establishments and every w-'kin[ jotrrnalist shall be entitled to be paid *..g"s at a rate *f itn shalf in no case' be"less than the interim ;il'c"l*i+:,*f ;qU'i;;::";1.[ ).,,'d". sub-section (1 ) shari remain in force trntil the order of the ce..t,,t Government under section 12 comes into operation.] 1-S,tbt-by Act 65 ol 7962' sec' 4' for section Z. S"Ut' Uy ntt 65 of 1962' sec' 4' for section 12 (w.e.f. 15-1-1963)' 13 (w.e.f. 75-l-1963)' l l rl!l 1l lOTheWorkingJourna.lists,andOtherNewspaperEmptoyees-[Sec'13A (conditiojs"'oi ir*i"r) and' uiriittrr"ous Provisions Act, 1 955 COMMENTS Sincethefixingofinterimwages.,,.,,'n\^Ia)/afinaldecisionaStofixationofrates of wages, tne purties .o.."r.,"d ;^" ^^f""f"if*' uttd "iftttive representation to the wase Board *,hich makes, after due .;;i;;r;;ion, fresh t"to*tt'""dations to the Central Go.)er.,ment for ".;;;;;;". Hence, J.:.i.::'ffi'f*:*o"o under section 12 of the Act making it incumbe#;;';;"'A;ruicor"r.,ment to git""n"u'ltg to the,lult"t affected or serve notice oufo." or at the "'g"'"i^Ji;o''' Xf interim i"ug"t'-is^certainiy not appiicable to ,".tio,i ig i; enonao gr;* ir;ii'Lta' '' t)nion of lndla' 1989 74 FIR 401' 11rsAn'.ConstitutionofTribunalforfixing.orrevisingratesofwagesin respect of workiie io*T*11i":'-ldfrilIT:*11g anvthirs contained in this Act, where the CZntrai Government is "f .!11:l iftui tfr; "eoard.-constituted undersectiongforthepo,Pg,".offixingorrevisingratesofwagesinrespectof working journaliJts ;d., if,i, e.t;;;;"i been abl-e to tunction (for any reason whatsoever) effectively, ar-rd u,r tt e .ir."*trrnces, it is necessary so to do' it may' bv notification ;',h"^'dfft.Lr cur"ii.l .""ttr*te a Tribunai' which shall consist oi u purrrr-, *r,olr,-o, has been, ,i;g;;; u-urght Court or the supreme court' for the purpose of fixing o, ,"rr'ir*! rates of- *ugut in respeci of working ,*'[iff.]|;iJffitit;".,.^, 10 to 13A shali uppry ,o, u^1, in relation to, the Tribunal consrituted under *u*".ri"" ol of iitit. :.ttt'.o^' ,lhu Central Government and working lorrrniirl;;;;1".; io the modifications that- (a) the refererr."i to the Board therein, wherever they occur' shall be construed as references to the Tribunal; (b) rn sub-section (3) of section tl'- (i)thereferencetotheofficeofChairmanoranyothermemberof the Board shall be-construed ur- u l"i"t"rl.u io the office of the ;;;;;;"stituting the rribunal; and (ii) the reference to ,"Jrior,9 shallbe construed as a reference to sub- r".ii"" tf) of this section; and (c)thereferencesinsection13andsec-tion].3Atosection12shal1be construed ", ,"f.,",.,]^"", to ,".tio', ].2 read with this section. (3) The Tribunaf in discharqi"g 1t'ft*t-1i:T-under this AcL mav act on the evid.ence recorded Uy t\9 Wage Bou-ra or partly '"il'a"a-Uy tf-t" wag6 Board and ;rtary recorded by itself: - -, :^ ^r ^-ininn rh; rtion of any-of Provid.edthatiftheTribunalisofopinionthatfurtherexamlne the witnesses whose evidentt^t'u'-ufiludy Ut"tt recorded is necessary in the interests of justice, it may ,u-rrrrrl***ur,V ,y& *it"ttt' and after such further examinatiott, t'o"-examinatiJ;;;-e*1mi"'ti;;if ;y' as it may permit' the -'i"tr #'ifi :I"'Iil*,:i ?r u rribunal under sub-section (1), the B91d constitutea r.rau, section 9 and^functioning i**"Jiut",y before such constitution shall cease to exist and the *.;b";;."*iit't*;lh;; il"'rd shall be deemed to n*;;ffil:: IHI#!i?.,,* rates of wages fixed bv th: Central Government under section 13A in respect oi *orti^g Jorrr"uiots'and in force immediately

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