The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 69] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12,1973/AGRAHAYANA„ 1895
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MINlSTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 12 th December, 1973/Agrahayana 21, 1895 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 11th December, 1973, and is hereby published for general informa- tion : —
THE MATERNITY BENEFIT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1973
No. 52 OF 1973
[11th December, 1973]
An Act further to amend the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Repub- lic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 1973,
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Short title and com- mence- ment.
Amend- ment of section 1.
2. In section 1 of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (3), for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: —
53 of 1961
"(a) in relation to mines and to any other establishment where- in persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances, by the Central Government; and".
Amend- ment of section' 2.
66o THE GAZETTE Ol'1 INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [FART H—SEC. 1] 4. In section 3 of the principal Act— Amend- ment of section 3(i) in clause (a), alter the words "being a mine,", the words "or an establishment wherein persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances," shall be inserted;
(ii) for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: —
'(e) "establishment" means—
(i) a factory;
(li) a mine;
(iii) a plantation;
(iv) an establishment wherein persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other per- formances; or
(v) an establishment to which the provisions of this Act have been declared under sub-section (1) ol section 2 to be applicable;'.
Amend- ment of section 31.
5. In section 28 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for the words "or in two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following,", the y/ords "or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session Immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid," shall be substituted.
K. K. SUNDARAM,