Kerala Gazette No. 42 dated 21st October 2008.
PART II
SECRETARIAT OF THE KERALA LEGISLATURE
NOTIFICATION
No. 4938/Legn. 2/08/Leg. Thiruvananthapuram, 21st October 2008.
The Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2008
together with the Statement of Object 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.
G. 840/2008/DTP.
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Twelfth Kerala Legislative Assembly
Bill No. 219 [Translation in English of "2008-˛se tIcf AUz-t°‰v ¢m¿°vkv t£a-\n[n
(t`-Z-K-Xn) _n¬" published under the authority of the Governor.]
THE KERALA ADVOCATES' CLERKS WELFARE FUND
(AMENDMENT) BILL, 2008
A
BILL
to amend the Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund Act, 2003.
Preamble.—WHEREAS, it is expedient to amend the Kerala Advocates'
Clerks Welfare Fund Act, 2003 for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
BE it enacted in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the
Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2008.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 10th day of
June, 2008.
2. Amendment of section 14.—In the Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare
Fund Act, 2003 (27 of 2003) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-
section (1) of section 14, for the words, " of the value of two rupees"
the words, "of the value of six rupees" shall be substituted.
3. Amendment of section 17.—In the Principal Act, in sub-section (5) of
section 17, for the words, "two hundred rupees" the words, "four hundred
rupees" shall be substituted.
4. Repeal and saving.— (1) The Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 (34 of 2008) is hereby repealed.
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Government have decided to enhance the maximum amount of Welfare Fund receivable by a member, from the Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund, from one lakh rupees to two lakhs rupees.
In order to implement the said Government decision, Government have decided to enhance the value of the Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund stamp from two rupees to six rupees and the annual subscription amount to be paid by each member to the Welfare Fund from 200 rupees to 400 rupees by amending sections 14 and 17 of the Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund Act, 2003.
As the Kerala Legislative Assembly was not in session and the above decision had to be given effect to immediately, the Governor of Kerala had promulgated the Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 (20 of 2008) on the 10th day of June, 2008 and the same was published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1165 dated the 10th day of June, 2008.
Though a Bill to replace Ordinance No. 20 of 2008, by an Act of Kerala Legislative Assembly was published as Bill No. 196 of the 12th Kerala Legislative Assembly, the same could not be introduced in and passed by the Kerala State Legislative Assembly during the session which commenced on the 23rd day of June, 2008 and ended on the 24th day of July, 2008. Therefore in order to keep alive the provisions of the said Ordinance, the Kerala Advocates' Clerks Welfare Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008 (34 of 2008) was promulgated by the Governor on the 1st day of August, 2008 and was published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1691 dated the 2nd August, 2008.
The Bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance by an Act of the State
Legislature.
FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM
The Bill, if enacted and brought into operation, would not involve any
additional expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State.
M. VIJAYA KUMAR.