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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

Contents

Pages

Part I

Acts

Nil

Part II

Ordinances

Nil

Part III

Delegated Legislation

Notification No. G.S.R. 98/C.A. 63/1948/

S.112/ Amd.(34)/2020, dated the 27th

November, 2020, containing amendment

in the Punjab Factory Rules, 1952.

Notification No. S.O. 57/C.A.30/2013/

S.43/2020, dated the 25th November,

2020, appointing the Administrators,

Rehabilitation and Resettlement.

Part IV

Correction Slips, Republications and

Replacements

Nil

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Regd. No. NW/CH-22

Regd. No. CHD/0092/2018-2020

ORDINARY

Published by Authority

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PART III

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR

(Labour Branch)

NOTIFICATION

The 27th November, 2020

No. G.S.R. 98/C.A.63/1948/S.112/Amd.(34)/2020.-With reference to the Government

of Punjab, Department of Labour (Labour Branch), Notification No.11/01/2019-21(P.F.)/1347,

dated the 10th September, 2020 published in the Punjab Government Gazette dated the

25th September, 2020 and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 112 of the

Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 63 of 1948), and all other powers enabling him in

this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules further to

amend the Punjab Factory Rules, 1952, namely:-

RULES

(1)

These rules may be called the Punjab Factory (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2)

They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their publication

in the Official Gazette.

In the Punjab Factory Rules, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule

2-A, after sub-rule (5), the following sub-rules shall be added, namely:-

“(6) Following leading technical Institutions in the State of Punjab and

Chandigarh having Civil or Structural Engineering courses shall be the competent

person for the purpose of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Act,

namely:-

(1)

Punjab Engineering College (deemed to be University), Sector-12,

Chandigarh;

(2)

Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Sector-26,

Chandigarh;

(3)

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala;

(4)

Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana;

(5)

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar;

(6)

Giani Zail Singh Campus College of Engineering and Technology, Maharaja

Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda;

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(7)

Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar;

(8)

Punjabi University, Patiala;

(9)

Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus, Ferozepur; and

(10) any other institute, as may be notified by the State Government.

(7)

The certification done by the institutions referred in sub-rule (6) shall be accepted

only when such certification is signed by the Head of the Civil or Structural

Engineering Department and Head of the Institution.”.

In the said rules, in rule 3(A), -

(i) for sub-rule (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(2) No additions, alterations or extensions in the existing factory shall be

made, except those specified in the Schedule given below, unless such additions,

alterations or extensions are accepted by the Chief Inspector.

SCHEDULE

Serial No.

Type of additions, alterations or extensions

Boundary Wall upto height of 6 Feet.

Rooms or cabins be used for clerical or managerial or pantry purposes.

Security pickets or guard rooms

Electricity meter rooms

Sheds for vehicle parking

Canopies for generator sheds

Store where non-combustible or non-inflammable or non-toxic material to

be stored.

Balcony or chajjas.

Toilets or urinals.

10.

Demolition of any part of factory building.

11.

Addition of machinery which does not result in any change in process or

end product or by product.

12.

Changes in outer gates.

13.

Additional stair cases or ramps.

14.

Rooms to be used for residential purposes”; and

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(ii)

In the sub-rule (3);-

(a) for the words, figure, signs and letter “Application for submission the plans shall

be made by the competent person, in Form No. 1-C along with the following plans

and documents in duplicate (In duplicate duly countersigned by the Occupier or

Manager as the case may be), to the Chief Inspector”, the words, brackets and signs

“ Application for submission of the plans shall be uploaded by the Occupier or

Manager along with the following plans and documents on the portal (pblabour.gov.in)

of the Chief Inspector,-” shall be substituted; and

(b) For clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

" (f) (i) the occupier or manager of the factory shall appoint a competent person for

certification of Building Plans and Stability Certificate; and

(ii)

the competent person shall make an application of self certification to the

effect that the building plans and stability certificate being certified are as per

the Act and rules made thereunder. The occupier or manager of the factory

shall submit such certified application through his user name on the portal

"pblabour.gov.in" of the Chief Inspector for acceptance;".

In the said rules, after rule 10, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-

“10 –A. Automatic Renewal of License.- (1) A license shall be renewed for one

year digitally through automatic mode if there is no change in particulars of license

from the previous granted or renewed license and other conditions required by

Government.

(2) For the purposes of sub-rule (1), every application for the renewal of license

shall be made in Form 2-B together with the fees for a period of one year, and shall

be submitted on departmental portal “pblabour.gov.in” not less than thirty days

before the date on which the license is to expire.

(3) The fees for renewal of license for one year shall be as specified in the Schedule

given under sub-rule (2) of rule 8:

Provided that if the application for renewal, complete in all respects, is not

submitted on the portal within the time specified in sub-rule (2), a late fee of

twenty-five percent of the fees payable for the renewal of a license for one year

shall be chargeable.

(4) The license generated under this rule shall have the same sanctity as renewed

under rule 10.".

In the said rules, in rule 70, for sub-rule (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(5) The Chief Inspector, may, by an order in writing exempt any factory from the

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requirements of this rule, subject to such conditions as he may specify in that order,

if there is an empanelment of a hospital or nursing home of minimum twenty beds at

a travel distance of not more than two kilometers from the main gate of the factory

and also there is a provision of ambulance van in the premises of the factory.”.

In the said rules, after rule 113, the following rule shall be added, namely:-

“114. Maintenance of registers in electronic or digital format.- (1) Occupier or

factory Manager shall have an option to maintain the registers mentioned in the

Schedule given below in electronic or digital format with time stamp, geo positioning

and digital signatures of the occupier or factory manager in the same format as

specified for the said registers in these rules.

SCHEDULE

Serial.

Name of Register

Section

Rule

Particular of Rooms Register

3-A

Lime-Washing Register

Humidity Register

Tight-cloth Register

Compensatory Holidays register

Overtime muster roll for exempted workers Register

Adult Workers Register

Child Labour Register

Leave With Wages Register

94-A

10.

Health Register

102

11.

Muster Roll

112

110

12.

Accident Register

112

111

13.

Inspection Book

112

(2)

The Occupier or Manager shall provide access to the Inspector to inspect such

registers as and when required and shall also make a provision for signing of

such registers digitally by the Inspector.

(3)

The Occupier or Manager shall preserve such registers as required under the

provisions of the Act and these rules.”.

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FORM 2-B

(See rule 10-A)

APPLICATION FOR AUTOMATIC RENEWAL OF LICENCE FOR THE

YEAR........

Full name of the factory and address of the factory:

Nature of manufacturing process or processes, bye-products to be carried in factory:

Maximum number of workers proposed to be employed in any one day during the

year for which licencse is sought:

Amount of power in K.W. Installed or proposed to be installed:

Full name, residential address and name of father of the person who shall be the

manager of the factory for the purposes of the Act:

Full name, residential address and name of father of person who is occupier for the

purpose of Act:

(a)

Proprietor in case of proprietary concern

(b)

Partner in case of partnership firm/LLP

(c)

The directors in case of a private/public limited Liability Company

(d)

Person appointed by Government in case of a Government or local authority

factory

(e)

Managing Director of society in case of co-operative societies

Full name and address of the owner of the premises or building (including the

Precincts thereof) referred to in section 93:

Reference number and date of approval of the plans and stability:

Amount of fee paid: Rs. Date of payment………..

Digital Signature of occupier:

Digital Signature of manager:

VIJAY KUMAR JANJUA, IAS,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Punjab,

Department of Labour.

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PART III

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE & REHABILITATION

(LAND REVENUE-1 BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

The 25th November, 2020

No. S.O. 57/C.A.30/2013/S.43/2020.- In supersession of the Government of

Punjab, Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management, Notification

No. 24/84/2013-LR-1/15806, dated the 17th September, 2015 and in exercise of the

powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 43 of the Right to Fair Compensation and

Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (Central

Act No. 30 of 2013) and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Government of

Punjab is pleased to appoint all the Additional Deputy Commissioners (General) in the

State of Punjab as Administrators, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, within their respective

jurisdiction, under the ibid Act.

VISWAJEET KHANNA,

Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial

Commissioner, Revenue and Rehabilitation,

Punjab.

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