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LOK SABНА
The following Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha on the 28th March, 1964 : -
BILL No. 22 OF 1964
A Bill further to amend the Constitution of India
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifteenth Year of the Repub- lic of India as follows : --
1. ( 1 ) This Act may be called the Constitution ( Amendment ) Act, 1964.
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Short title and com- mence- ment .
(2) It shall come into force at once .
2. Article 37 of the Constitution shall be omitted.
Omission of article 37.
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Part IV of the Constitution deals with Directive Principles of State Policy . Under article 37 of the Constitution the provisions contained in this Part are not enforceable by any court of law with the result that the principles contained in this Part have not been applied thoroughly . In order to follow these principles vigorously and to apply these principles in making laws of the country , omission of article 37 is very necessary .
Hence this Bill .
ABDUL GHANI GONI .
NEW DELHI ,
The 31st January , 1964 .
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BILL NO . 25 OF 1964
A Bill further to amend the Payment of Wages Act,1936 .
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. This Act may be called the Payment of Wages ( Amendment ) Act , 1964. Short title .
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4 of 1936.
Amendmen ofsection 1 .
2. Sub - section (6 ) of section 1 of the Payment of Wages Act , 1936 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act ) , shall be omitted.
3. In section 15 of the principal Act ,--
Amendment of section
(1 ) after sub - section ( 2 ) , the following new sub - section shall 15 . be inserted , namely ,-
" ( 2A) Notwithstanding anything contained in the fore- going provisions of this Act , where the wages of an employed person remain unpaid on the date of termination of his employment , an application may be presented to the autho- rity appointed under sub - section ( 1 ) within six months from THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II 264
the date of such termination of employment for a direction under sub - section ( 3 ) :
Provided that any such application shall be admitted though it relates to unpaid wages for an earlier wage period than within six months before the date of such termination 5 of employment . "
( 2 ) after sub - section ( 3 ) , the following new sub - section shall be inserted , namely ,
10 " ( 3A) If the authority hearing any application under sub - section ( 1 ) is satisfied that the applicant has incurred expenses in travelling or otherwise for presenting such application or during the hearing of such application , the authority shall direct the employer to pay such costs , as may be calculated and found fit by the authority , to the success- ful applicant . "
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4. After section 15 of the principal Act , the following new section shall be inserted , namely ,-
Insertion of new section 15 A.
Liability for payment of court fees .
" 15A . ( 1 ) In any proceedings under section 15 , the applicant shall not be liable to pay any court fees (other than fees payable for service of process ) in respect of such proceedings: 20
Provided that when the application is presented by an Inspector he shall not be liable to pay the process fees also .
25 (2) Where the applicant succeeds in such proceedings , the authority hearing the application shall calculate the amount of court fees which would have been payable by the applicant but for sub - section (1 ) and direct the employer or other person res- ponsible for the payment of wages under section 3 to pay such amount to the State Government . Such amount shall , without prejudice to any other mode of recovery , be recoverable as an arrear of land revenuе ."
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Payment of Wages Act , 1936 applies to wages at an average of four hundred rupees a month or more . This wage limit of " four hundred rupees " was fixed in 1957. The pattern of the earnings of persons employed in industry has since undergone considerable changes and , therefore , this Act should now apply to wages of all amounts .
It is very often noticed that an employed person , while continu- ing in employment is not in a position to present an application under sub - section ( 2 ) of section 15 for various reasons . Therefore , the period of limitation laid down in this sub - section should run against the employee only from the date of the termination of his employment .
The Payment of Wages Act contains no provision for payment of costs to the applicant while the applicant has to incur a lot of expenses including pleader's fees , travelling expenses , etc. before his claim is admitted . Therefore , costs should be awarded to the appli- cant .
of the Bill has been drafted on the lines of section 5 of the Payment of Wages (Bombay Amendment ) Act , 1953 with a view to having uniformity in all the States .
NEW DELIII ;
P. R. CHAKRAVERTI ,
The 23rd February , 1964 .
M. N. KAUL ,
Secretary .
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