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Regd. No. NW/CH-22

Regd. No. CHD/0092/2018-2020

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

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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)

Part - III

Delegated Legislation

Nil

Part - IV

Correction Slips, Republications and

Replacements

Nil

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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)

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),

in its application to the State of Punjab, in section 2, in clause (m),-

(i)

in sub-clause (i), for the word "ten", the word "twenty" shall be

substituted; and

(ii)

in sub-clause (ii), for the word "twenty", the word "forty" shall be

substituted.

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Short title and

commencement.

Amendment of

Section 2 of

Central Act 63

of 1948.

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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.

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.

5.

In the principal Act, after section 106A, the following section shall be

inserted, namely:-

"106B.

The Inspector may, subject to any general or special

order of the State Government in this behalf, compound

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.".

V.P. SINGH BADNORE,

Governor of Punjab.

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S.K. AGGARWAL,

Secretary to Government of Punjab,

Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs.

Compounding

of offences.

Amendment of

Section 85 of

Central Act 63

of 1948.

Insertion of new

Section 106B in

Central Act 63

of 1948.

Amendment of

Section 65 of

Central Act 63

of 1948.

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