SECRETARIAT OF THE KERALA LEGISLATURE

NOTIFICATION

No. 3237/Legn. 2/2007/Leg.

Thiruvananthapuram, 25th September, 2007.

The Kerala Farmers’ Debt Relief Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2007

together with the Statement of Objects and Reasons and the Financial

Memorandum is published, under Rule 69 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct

of Business in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

DR. N. K. JAYAKUMAR,

Secretary,

Legislative Assembly.

Kerala Gazette No. 38 dated 25th September, 2007.

PART II

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Twelfth Kerala Legislative Assembly

Bill No. 136

[Translation in English of “ 2007-se tIcf I¿jI ISm-izmk IΩoj≥

(t`Z-KXn) _n¬ ” published under the authority of the Governor]

THE KERALA FARMERS’ DEBT RELIEF COMMISSION

(AMENDMENT) BILL, 2007

A

BILL

to amend the Kerala Farmers’ Debt Relief Commission Act, 2006.

Preamble.—WHEREAS, the Government of Kerala consider it necessary to

enhance the representation of farmers in the Kerala Farmers’ Debt Relief

Commission so as to make its functioning more efficient and to complete within

the specified period;

BE, it enacted in the Fifty-eighth year of the Republic of India as

follows:—

1.

Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Kerala

Farmers’ Debt Relief Commission (Amendment) Act, 2007.

(2)

It shall be deemed to have come into force on 22nd day of

May, 2007.

2.

Amendment of section 3.—In sub-section (2) of section 3 of the

Kerala Farmers’ Debt Relief Commission Act, 2006 (1 of 2007).—

(1) for the words “five members”, the words “seven members” shall be

substituted;

(2) in item (iii), for the words “two representatives of farmers” the

words “four representatives of farmers” shall be substituted.

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3.

Repeal and Saving.—(1) The Kerala Farmers’ Debt Relief Commission

(Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 (57 of 2007) is hereby repealed.

(2)

Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or deemed to have been

done or any action taken or deemed to have been taken under the provisions of

the

Principal

Act

as

amended

by

the

said

ordinance

shall

be deemed to have been done or taken under the Principal Act as amended

|by this Act.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The Government consider it necessary to enhance the representation of

farmers in the Kerala Farmers’ Debt Relief Commission so as to make its

functioning more efficient and to complete within the specified period.

2. Whereas the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kerala was not in

session and circumstances existed which render it necessary to make immediate

legislation to give effect to the above proposal, the Governor of Kerala has

promulgated the Kerala Farmers’ Debt Relief (Amendment) Ordinance 2007

(41 of 2007) on the 22nd day of May 2007 and the same was published in the

Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 948 dated the 22nd May, 2007.

3.

A bill to replace Ordinance No. 41 of 2007 could not be introduced in and

passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly during its session which

commenced on the 19th day of June, 2007 and ended on the 26th day of July,

2007. Therefore the Kerala Farmers’ Debt Relief Commission (Amendment)

Ordinance, 2007 (57 of 2007) was promulgated by the Governor on the 30th day

of July, 2007 and was published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1417

dated the 30th July, 2007.

4.

The bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance by an Act of the

State Legislature.

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FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM

Clause 2 of the Bill provides to enhance the number of members in the

Commission from five to seven amending section 3 of the Kerala Farmers’

Debt Relief Commission Act. 2006. The Commission shall be a body having

perpetual succession and the members requires honorarium and travelling

allowance and daily allowance.

2.

The Bill if enacted and brought into operation the Government have to

provide fund to meet the necessary expenses for the effective functioning of the

Commission. But the actual amount required for the purpose could not be

accurately estimated at present. Even then under the item of Honorarium at the

rate of Rs. 10,000 per month for a member and for two members for a year

240,000 in addition to that travelling allowance and daily allowance have to be

given. The minimum average of the recurring and non recurring expenses

expecting annually is as follows:—

Recurring Expenditure

..

Rs. 20,00,000

Non-recurring Expenditure

..

Rs. 8, 00, 000

Total

Rs. 28,00,000

K. P. RAJENDRAN.