Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016. Short title, extent, application and commencement. Definitions. 2 [Act No.24 of 1998] hundred and eighty days preceeding the date of closure of a closed industrial establishment; (ii) „authority‟ means the authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 23; (iii) „appellate authority‟ means, the authority appointed under sub-section (2) of section 23; (iv) „Board‟ means the board constituted under section 42; (v) „Closed Industrial Establishment‟ means an establishment wherein cessation or suspension of operation by way of lockout or otherwise, other than an authorised closure under section 25-O of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, continues for a period of sixty days, and includes lockout continued despite prohibitory orders: Provided that an industrial establishment in which cessation or suspension of operations take place due to a lockout declared consent on a strike contrary to the provisions of the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947, shall not be deemed to be a closed industrial establishment for the purposes of this Act; (vi) „Contingency Fund‟ means the 3Telangana Industrial Workers‟ Contingency Fund constituted under section 38; (vii) „Craft Union‟ means a union registered under the Trade Unions Act, 1926 but whose activities are restricted to a category of the workmen employed in the industrial establishment;