SECRETARIAT OF THE KERALA LEGISLATURE

NOTIFICATION

No. 5104/Legn. 2/2012/Leg.

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 30th October 2012.

The Kerala Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2012 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.

P. K. MURALEEDHARAN,

Secretary-in-charge,

Legislative Assembly.

G. 93/2012/DTP.

Kerala Gazette No. 21 dated 30th October 2012.

PART II

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Thirteenth Kerala Legislative Assembly

Bill No. 145

THE KERALA LABOUR WELFARE FUND

(AMENDMENT) BILL, 2012

A

BILL

further to amend the Kerala Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1975.

Preamble.—WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Labour

Welfare Fund Act, 1975 for the purposes hereinafter appearing ;

BE it enacted in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India

as follows:—

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

Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2012.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Amendment of section 15.—In section 15 of the Kerala Labour Welfare

Fund Act, 1975 (11 of 1977),—

(a) in sub-section (1), for the words “four rupees per half year” and

“eight rupees per half year”, the words “five rupees per month” and “five rupees

per month” shall, respectively, be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (2), for the figures and words “15th day of July and

15th day of January every year”, the figures and words “15th day of every

month” shall be substituted.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

According to sub-section (1) of section 15 of the Kerala Labour Welfare

Fund Act, 1975, every employee shall contribute four rupees per half year to

the Labour Welfare Fund and every employer shall in respect of each such

employee contribute eight rupees per half year to the Fund.

The above rates of

contribution are very nominal and consequently the amount credited to the

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Labour Welfare Fund is not sufficient to enable the Board to take up welfare

schemes for the employees on large scale.

It is, therefore, proposed to

enhance the rates of contribution payable by the employee and the employer to

five rupees each for every month.

2.

As per sub-section (2) of section 15 of the said Act, every employer

shall pay to the Fund both the employer’s contribution and employees’

contribution before the 15th day of July and 15th day of January every

year.

The said sub-section is proposed to be amended so as to make the

employer liable to pay both the contributions before the 15th day of every

month.

3.

The Bill seeks to amend the Kerala Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1975,

for the above purpose.

FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM

The Bill, if enacted and brought into operation, would not involve any

additional expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the State.

SHIBU BABY JOHN.

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