Regd. No. NW/CH-22 Regd. No. CHD/0092/2018-2020 PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
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EXTRAORDINARY
Published by Authority
CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT
Contents Pages
Part - I Acts
Nil
Part - II Ordinances
The Factories (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 (Punjab Ordinance No. 3 of 2020)
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Part - III Delegated Legislation
Nil
Part - IV Correction Slips, Republications and
Replacements
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PART II
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS,
PUNJAB
NOTIFICATION
The 24th September, 2020
No. 13-Leg./2020.-The following Ordinance of the Governor of Punjab,
promulgated under clause (1) of Article 213 of the Constitution of India on the
14th day of August, 2020, is hereby published for general information:-
THE FACTORIES (PUNJAB AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2020
(Punjab Ordinance No. 3 of 2020)
AN
ORDINANCE
further to amend the Factories Act, 1948, in its application to the State of
Punjab.
Promulgated by the Governor of Punjab in the Seventy-first Year of the
Republic of India.
Whereas the Legislative Assembly of the State of Punjab is not in session
and the Governor is satisfied that circumstances exist, which render it necessary
for him to take immediate action;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of
Article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to
promulgate the following Ordinance, namely:-
1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Factories (Punjab Amendment) Short title and commencement.
Ordinance, 2020.
(2) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Factories Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),
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3. In the principal Act, in section 65, in sub-section (3), in clause (iv), for
the word "seventy-five", the words "one hundred and fifteen" shall be
substituted.
Amendment of Section 65 of Central Act 63 of 1948.
4. In the principal Act, in section 85, in sub-section (1), in clause (i), for the
words "ten" and "twenty", the words "twenty" and "forty" shall, respectively,
be substituted.
Amendment of Section 85 of Central Act 63 of 1948.
5. In the principal Act, after section 106A, the following section shall be
inserted, namely:-
Insertion of new Section 106B in Central Act 63 of 1948.
order of the State Government in this behalf, compound
"106B. The Inspector may, subject to any general or special Compounding of offences.
any offence (except offences under Chapter IV and
IV A of the Factories Act, 1948) punishable under this Act with fine
only, and committed for the first time, either before or after the institution
of the prosecution, on realization of such amount of composition fee as
he thinks fit not exceeding the maximum amount of fine fixed for the
offence; and where the offence is so compounded,-
(i) before the institution of the prosecution, the offender shall
not be liable to prosecution, for such offence and shall, if in
custody, be set at liberty;
(ii) after the institution of the prosecution, the composition shall
amount to acquittal of the offender.".