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Act t4 of 1947 toaPply to workinq iournal'sts'-(1) The provisions of the tndustriat Oisputei Xct, tgq. $4;;'i;fr), as in fo:t" foi the time being' shall' subiect to the *J;i.;Lr, ,p..iriu;;;"t-rection (2), apply to' or in relation to' working io.,rr',urii';-;h"f apPi; ;;'-;; in telation to' *ortmen within the *'"H8.:1,:11#:r thu ufor"said Act, in its applicarion to working journarists, sha, be .o^rtrr.j ;; ii * clause_ Ai;ilr."f, rJrjr," period of -notice referred to therein in relatioi i" it " ,etrencl#ur,i or a'*orkmul", the follo*P' periods of noticeinrelationtotheretrenchmentofaworkingjournalisthadbeen substituted, namelY:- (a) six months, in tl're case of an editor' and (b) three months' in the case of any other working journalist' 4.Specialprovisionsinrespectofcertaincasesofretrenchment.-\Alhereat any time berween if,u r+tf, drf "il;il,-ieS+, and the 12th day of March' 1955' any work*g;or*rfist had beln;#;"i.il, ne snaff be entitled to receive from the employer- , ^-^ to which he was entitled (a) wages for one. month at the rate i**.liri"ry l"1or" his retrenchment, unless he had been given one month,s notice ," *'i,i.l-t"ro'. such retrenchment; and (b)compensationwhichst.a[beequivalenttofifteendays,averagepay f", y".J; .ffiil;.;;;; .} '.*i." under that employer or any part thereof i't "*tbtt of six months' -;rjy A"t 36 of Lgg1, sec. 2, for 'who is employed as such in, or in relatron to' any ' ;;P;'Per establishment" (w'r'e'f' 13-s-1980)' Sec. 5l The Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Seruice) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 1[S. Payment of gratuity.-(1) Where- (a) any working journalist has been in continuous service, whether beiore or after the commencement of this Act, for not less than three years in any newspaper establishment, and- (i) his services are terminated by the employer in relation to that newspaper establishment for any reason whatsoever, otherwise than as a punishment inflicted by way of disciplinary acticn; or (ii) he retires from service on reaching the age of suPerannuation; or (b) any working journalist has been in continuous service, whether beiore or after the commencement of this Act, for not less than ten years in any newspaper establishment, and he voluntarily resigns on or after the 1st day of July, 1961, from service in that newspaper establishment on any ground whatsoever other than on the ground of conscience; or (c) any working journalist has been in continuous service, whether beiore or after the commencement of this Act, for not less than three years in any newspaper establishment, and he voluntarily resigns on br after the 1st diy of !u.\y,1961, from service in that establishment on the ground of conscience; or (d) any working journalist dies while he is in service in a.y newsPaper establishment, the working journalist or, in the case of his death, his nominee or nominees or, if there is no nomination in force at the time of the death of the working journalist, his family, as the case may be, shall, without prejudice !! llf benefits or rights accruing under the Industiial Disputes Act, 7947 (74 of 1947), be paid, on sirch terminition, retirement, resignation or death, by the empioyer in relation to that establishment gratuity which shall be equivalent to Jifteen days' average pay for every completed year of service or any part thereof in excess of six months: provided that in the case of a working journalist referred to in ciause (b), the total amount of gratuity that shall be payible to him shall not exceed lwelve and haif months' average PaY: provided further that where a working journalist is employed in any newspaper establishment wherein not more than six working journalists were emptoyea on any duy of the twelve months immediately -preceding the commencement "t thi; Act, the gratuity payable to a working journalist employed in any such newspaper establishment for any period of service before such commencement shall "ot Uu equivalent to fifteen days' average pay _f.or every completed year of service o. any part thereof in excess of six months but shall be equivalent to- (a) three days' average pay for every completed y?u, _of service or any part thereof in excess oi six months, if the period of such past service does not exceed five Years; (b) five days' average pay for every completed ye_ar -of service or any part thereof in excess of six months, if lhe period of such past service exceeds five years but does not exceed ten years; and -1-S;b" by A.t 65 of 1962, sec.3, for section 5 (w'e'f' 15-1-7963)' ; ,r, *:,!,!f !!li!!;2llr^u;,?Jl,ill:,Y'i::;:,f#'fJf"'nuu rsec 5 , :;":"i'f : " l ::; ;;;:1,*.m; :;HJ"'" 0 v e ar o r s e rv ice o r anv p"t 'n?lJ"r * l.tE"''""I*;;;(t' if the putioa o[ sucir past serr tce exceeds ten years' -- of this sub-section a.d s'"rb-section (1) of Lxplnrntio[.-For the purposes .u.,it#"1'7',']jirn'rrir" means- rr working iournalist, his 't'ido''1'' children' ="' t' on' l ; l^l'i": *i,:i o"iT[,.x;#:?lttiiil" j""t p aren ts a. d the *raoJu"u'J 'r"u'"1:l*t:t1ii;:i"*'oX1*"0 to !." member of the Provided that a-wid io,rnalist if at tn"'ii*" of his death s.e was familY of the worktng ,,,, fii,i".'*l t"' :"'t x,I *#?iii'H'[fi er hu s b an d' chil d ren' whether married ", .iil;;riJl;r,a, g'"-J"pt"d:lt p11"nts of the working iourna-Iist o,.o?,*, i.,,uu,..,a, ;;j;fi" widow and children of her deceased son: Providedthatiftheworking]:.'..lljthasexpressedherdesireto exclude her r'usbat'i i'"*- irtt r'*iv' "'iie" husband and his a"pu,..a"'.t parents ,r.]rr ,,ot u. du",,.uj, i" u" a part of the working journalist's familY' and in either of tr-," above two cases, if the child rof a worki"g i?llluiist or of a deceased son of "u *orr.ir,e i"1rr^^i*,iu'-u""'t 'oip'"i ov uiotrt"t person and if under *,e perslnuiiu*-oi ,r'"'ll;;i;;; 'aop'io'il *t*' recosnised' such a chiid sha, nor U"'.or,rla.red as, H"'fi;; of tf'" fu*iiyl? t(e workrng journaiist' (2) Any dir;'t" *h"th"' 1yilil#;r"*"i1'1t it" r'oluntaril' ftT:iil"# serv ice in any'';:; ,n ;;;; -* Yf;;;:1;*',.tJ "Hi$ J "+-lff"-i;;' t'iul i".*"a- to be an industnat c *iH[:,ff ';^iiifl,s,1::f ;':'lir*]itgd*iiq-'#;l; "' -tgi"Where a nominee' it' li become payau[ during r.i, **o.,ii; ;^;[,11u. p,,a i," I pl,'o" appointed under sub-sectio" tgi of r".tt,l ?o.- ,",..,o suchperson, payment shall,be made to any "*- pio"ia"a 't#t;il;;' 't::: I fiXi'";ir%"#;? #;il"*pltenl-;ourt or where s,Ji;;;r",[i*"*ffil'l'J;;Ait either ;.^*"i;i-'he minor, or where i:;*'lrx:lt'riil,i!':?",i[;il;;"'diii':1'1;" ilffii: I:,'*o or more ":fi#:1J.:1'xt' s*;3:':'ff f;T,";il; ;*li;";r"ii be paid'Lo tire ""1[t?il"#il""",'ntilit']^s'"YT:':'i;lli.:,"T"1{ilT"5"?:"iff, contained #"il;l;" iT,:l',-:'#:, Ti":";"ril'i.i-;'i,r,ll: io a vuorkins testamentary or otherr't'rse u- i ourn a i i s u :lT. t x 1nH lli :tr*;i $ilff : l-i ff tTl tx"'fJ ,ii: confer o" o:] I=i -,Jt.,n i"orr*ulist, the "uT".l:-t^:fl1 i"'"^ia the sum due being a.,u t3 i.," *o,t*g p;*ii,t, tn..""#;;;i1, .[" tr.'J death of the ilTt;3.',"ilH'i?'tfu *r.ffi'r5*=T:ll#:'H'Hffi ''"'i'i''u'lio"i' in respect LrtErcv.r f i" ,n" prescribed manner. t*d :t :'i::"jz 0t Doz,sec. 3, for section 5 (w'e'f' 15-1-1e63)'