The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
41] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14,1964/ AGRAHAYANA 23, 1886
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MINISTRY OF LAW
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 14th December, 1964/Agrahayana 23, 1886 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the Pre- sident on the 10th December, 1964, and is hereby published for general information: —
THE INDIAN TRADE UNIONS (AMENDMENT)
ACT, 1964
No. 38 OF 1964
[l0th December, 1964] An Act further to amend the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Indian Trade Unions (Amend- ment) Act, 1964.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Govern-
Short title and commence- rnent.
ment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
16 of 1926,
2. Throughout the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), except in sub-section (4) of sec- tion 28 thereof, for the words "officer" and "officers", wherever they occur, the words "office-bearer" and "office-bearers" shall res- pectively be substituted.
390 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 1] 3. In sub-section (2) of section 1 of the principal Act, the word "Indian" shall be omitted.Amend- ment of section 1.
4. In section 21 of the principal Act, the proviso shell be emitted.
Amend- ment of section 21,
5. After section 21 of the principal Act, the following section
shall be inserted, namely: —
"21A. (I) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of the executive or any other office-bearer of a registered Trade Union if—
(i) he has not attained the age of eighteen years;
Insertion of new section 21A. Disqualifi- cations of office- bearers of Trade Unions,
(ii) he has been convicted by a Court in India of any offence involving moral turpitude end sentenced to impri- sonment, unless a period of five years has elapsed since his release.
(2) Any member of the executive or other office-bearer of a registered Trade Union who, before the commencement of the Indian Trade Unions (Amendment) Act, 1964, has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude and sentenced to impri- sonment, shall on the date of such commencement cease to be such member or office-bearer unless a period of five years has elapsed since his release before that date.".
Amend- ment of section 28.
6. In section 28 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the word "March", wherever it occurs, the word "December" shall be substituted.
R. C. S. SARKAR, Secy, to the Govt, of India.