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Repeal and savings. * * * * 2 STATEMENTS OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Act 15 of 1965.- The Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act 1953, which provides for the constitution of fund for the financing of activities to promote welfare of labour, is in force in the Bombay Area of the State. It is considered desirable to have a uniform law in the whole State for the purpose. Hence the Bill. The Board proposed to be established now under this Bill will take over the Labour Welfare Centres now under the control of the Government. The Board will promote the welfare of labour and their dependents, and in particular incur expenditure in respect of the matters specified in clause 8(2). Hence the Bill. ( Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A dated 10-7-1964 as No. 183 .) II Amending Act 73 of 1976.- According to the existing provision in the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 the Welfare Fund consist of :- (a) all fines realised from the employees; (b) all unpaid accumulations transferred to the funds; and (c) any voluntary donations. The Funds realised from item (a) and (c) referred to above are very small. There is hardly any inflow to the funds from item (b) as the enlightened labour do not allow any dues to remain unpaid. The limited resources have not enabled extension of Labour Welfare activities to all Industrial Areas. It is, therefore, felt necessary to augment the resource of the fund by levying a contribution payable by the employees, the employer and the State Government Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A dated 8-11-1976 as No. 4419 at page 6.) III Amending Act 10 of 1994.- In order to effectively implement activities to promote welfare of labour it is considered necessary to enhance contribution payable by employee, employer and Governemnt respectively, by amending section 7A of the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from L.A.Bill No. 24 of 1993.) IV Amending Act 7 of 2011.- It is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 15 of 1965) to increase the ratio of contribution payable to welfare fund from Labourers, Employer and from Government from the existing ratio of 3 rupees : 6 rupees : 3 rupees to the ratio of 6 rupees : 12 rupees : 6 rupees respectively. Hence the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 30 of 2010, File No.DPAL 6 Shasana 2010] [Entry 24 of List III of the Seventh schedule to the constitution of India.] 3 V Amending Act 21 of 2017.- It is considered necessary further to amend the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 to increase the rate of contribution of Employees, Employers and Government to the Labour Welfare fund from six rupees, twelve rupees and six rupees to twenty rupees, forty rupees and twenty rupees respectively. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.08 of 2017, File No. Samvyashae 5 Shasana 2017] [entry 24 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] VI Amendment Act 05 of 2025:- It is considered necessary further to amend the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 15 of 1965) to increase the rate of contribution payable by the concerned employee, employer and the State Government to the Labour Welfare fund. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No.44 of 2024, File No. SAMVYASHAE 60 SHASANA 2024] [Entry 24 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.19 in part-IVA dated:10.01.2025] VII Amendment Act 05 of 2026:- It is considered necessary further to amend the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 15 of 1965) to,- (i) specify the number of employees from fifty persons to ten persons in the Establishment; and (ii) introduce e-banking system and online banking in the procedure of contribution to the Board. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 68 of 2025, File No. SAMVYASHAE 82 SHASANA 2025] [Entry 24 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.12 in part-IVA dated:07.01.2026] 4 1[KARNATAKA]1 ACT NO. 15 OF 1965 ( First published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Fifth day of August 1965) THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 LABOUR WELFARE FUND ACT, 1965 (Received the assent of the President on the Eighteenth day of July 1965) (As amended by Acts 73 of 1976, 10 of 1994, 7 of 2011, 21 of 2017, 05 of 2025 and 05 of 2026) An Act to provide for the constitution of a Fund for financing and conducting activities to promote welfare of labour in the 1[State of Karnataka]1. WHEREAS it is expedient to constitute a Fund for financing and conducting activities to promote welfare of labour in the 1[State of Karnataka]1; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka State Legislature]1 in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-