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Framing of welfare schemes for agricuitural workers: — (1) The State Government may, by one or more Notifications frame one or more schemes, namely Tripura Agricultural Workers Contributory Provident Fund Scheme, Tripura Agricultural Workers Group Insurance Scheme, Tripura Agricultural Workers (Old-age and Invalid) Pension Scheme or any other beneficial schemes of whatever nomenclature as may be found ex- pedient for the agricultural workers on terms and conditions as may be specified in the Notification and different schemes, may be framed for different areas or for different classes of agricultural workers and different date may be appointed for different schemes for different areas. (2) Any scheme framed by the State Government under sub-section (1) shall provide the mode of administration of such scheme and all other matters incidental thereto. (3) Every Notification publishing’ any scheme under sub-section (1) shall be laid as soon as may be after itis made, before the Legislative Assmebly, while it is in sesvion for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in oae session or in two successive yessions, and if, before the expiry of the session it is so laid, or session immediately following, the House agres in making any modification in the scheme, or the House agrees that the scheme should not be made, the scheme shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so however, that any modification or annul- ment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything done under that scheme. CHAPTER—IV Hours and Limitations of Employment and Wages 9, Hours of work.—Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no adult agricultural worker shall be required to work for more than eight hours in any day and no minor for more than six hours in any day : Provided that nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to pro- hibit an agreement between the land-Owner and the agricultural workers for working for less than eight hours or six hours, as the case may be, on any parti- cular day or days or on all day: of Employment or to effect any custom or practice prevailing in the locality ‘under which the agricultural worker is required to work for less thax eight hours or six hours, as the case may be.