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Ainendineni of sec/ion 8. Cei'mI th 4 of 1936.-I ii qcction 8 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (Central Act 4 of' I 936).in its application to the State of K.erala, in sub- section (8), beFore the Eip/anaiion, the following proviso shal!be inserted, namely :- 'db• "Provided that in the ease of any IC ishn'ient to which the Kerala Labour Welfare Fund Act. 1975, applies all such rela'ti shall be paid into ithe find constituted under that Act,". A 4 THE KERALA LABOUR WELFARE FUND (AMENDMENT) Act 1986111 (A01 I OF 1987) An Ac; to amend the Kerala Labour We/fare Fund..4c!, 1975. Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Kdrala Labour Welfare.Fund Act. 1975, for the purposes hereinafter ap)earing; BE it enacted in the Thirty-seveUth ear of the Republic' of india as follows: - I. S/nut i/tie and Commencement, I) This Act may be called the Kerala Labour Welfare I und (Amendment) Act. 1986. (2) Section 5 shall be deemed to have conie into force on the 1st day of January, 1983 and the remaining provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have conic into force on the 25th day of February, 1984. 1 2 4,nendmeni of sect/on 2.— In sectiop 2 of the Kerala Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1975(11 of 1977) (hereinafter referred tO$5 (he principal Aci),- (I) in clause (d), in sub-clause (I).- in the opening paragraph, for the )ords "for a period of one hundred and fifty days in an year, the words "for an aggregate period of not less than thirty days during the preceding twelve months" shall be substitlited; in item (B), for the words "seven hundred and fifty rupees" the words "two thousand and five Ii tin d red rupees" shall b substituted (2) in clause for sub-clause (iii), the following sub-clause shall be stibstituted, namely;- "(in) any land used for growing tea, ru?bcr, coffee, eardaniorn, oil palm or cocoa, in which ten or more persons are employed Or were employed in any day of the preceding twelve won tim;" in sub-clause (iv),— I (I) after (he word, brackets and figure !pclause (4)", the wdrds brackets and figures "or any shop with in the meaning of clause (IS)" shall be inserted; (ii) the provisos shall he omi (lcd, 4,nencl,nen( of sect/op 3.—In suhsection (2) of section 3 of the prmcipal Act,- (I) in clause (b), for the words, figures and brackets 'Standing Order 20 of the Model Standing Orders issued wider the Kerald Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules, 1947", the words, figures and brackets "Standing Order 17 of the Model Standing Orders issued under the Keralu Industrial Empl6yment (Standing Orders) Rules, 1958' shall be substituted (ii) clause (I) shall be omitted. Substitution of new section for see c/on I 4.—For section 14 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- 1 4. Interest on the employers and enployees contributions unpaid accumula lions or fines after notice of demand. -( I) If an dmployer does not pay to the Fund any amount of the employers' and employees' contribitions due under section 15 before the date specified in that sect ion or does not pay to the Board any amount of the unpaid accumulations or fines, realised from the bmployecs within the time specified by or under this Act, the Commissioner may serve or bause to be served on such employer a notice to pay the amount within the period speci flel therein. vli ich shall not be less than thirty days from the date of service of such noti 'U (2) If the employer Ihils. without rca notice issued under sub-section (I) with in to pay, in addition to that amount, to the F of penalty. simple interest at the rate ofni the amount fell clue: Provided that the Government may, su remit the whole or any part of the penalty i iable cause, to pay the amount specified in a o period specified therein, he shall be liable d or the Board, as the case may be, by way per cent per annu tm from the date on which eet to such conditions as may be prescribed, respect of any per!od." Ainenclinein of section 15.—In section IS of the prineial Act, in sub section (1), for the words 'fifty paise" and "one rupee"! the words "one rurice" and "two rupees" shall respectively he substituted. I Insertion of nesi'seeuon 28A.—Aftcr section 28 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted. namel__ "28A. Penalties Jhr other oflènces.— 0) Whoever contraenes, or makes default in complying with any of the provisions ofhg Act or of any rules or regulations made there under shall. ifno penalty is provided in section 28 for such contravention or default, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to s ix months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, o with both. (2) A court while passing ajudgenient convicting a person under sub section (1) for making default in the payment of any amount due to the Fund or the Board shall also I 1 1 I it order that such amount be recovered such person as if it were a flic imposed by such court and paid to the Fund or the 13aid, as the case may be.