ORDINANCE NO.1 OF 2008

            Promulgated by the Governor of Kerala in the Fifty-eighth year of the Republic of India.
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to amend the Kerala Tailoring Workers’ Welfare Fund Act, 1994.

            Preamble.-WHEREAS, the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kerala is not in session and the Governor of Kerala is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action;

            NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Kerala is pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance:-      

     1. Short title and commencement.-(1)  This Ordinance may be called the Kerala Tailoring Workers’ Welfare Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008.

     2. Act 16 of 1994 to be temporarily amended.-During the period of operation of this Ordinance, the Kerala Tailoring Workers’ Welfare Fund Act, 1994 (16 of 1994)(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in section3.

     3. Amendment of Section 7.-In section 7 of the principal Act,-

                  (a)  for sub-section (1) the following sub-section and proviso shall be substituted,
      namely:-
                       “(1)  Every tailoring worker and every self employed person shall pay twenty rupees each per month and every employer, on the basis of the number of tailoring workers engaged by him, shall pay five rupees each per worker per month as contribution:
            Provided that in the establishments where more than hundred workers are working, it is sufficient for the employer to pay to the fund, three rupees each per worker exceeding hundred, per month.”;
                (b) in sub-section (2) the words “fifteen rupees including” shall be omitted;
                (c) after sub-section (4), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
                   “Provided that where the amount of monthly contribution increases above ten rupees, the Government have no liability to provide grant to the Fund in proportion to such increase.”.