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No. 291] CHENNAI, MONDAY, JULY 8, 2019 Aani 23, Vilkari, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2050
Part IV—Section 1
Tamil Nadu Bills
BILL INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE
STATE OF TAMIL NADU
Under Rule 130 of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Rules, the following Bill which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu on 8th July, 2019 is published together with Statement of Objects and Reasons for general information:—
L.A. Bill No. 22 of 2019
A Bill further to amend the Tamil Nadu Fishermen and Labourers engaged in
Fishing and other Allied Activities (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2007
B(cid:3469) it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the
Seventieth year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Fishermen and Labourers
commencement.
engaged in Fishing and other Allied Activities (Social Security and Welfare)
Amendment Act, 2019.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may,
by notifi cation, appoint.
Tamil Nadu
2. In section 9 of the Tamil Nadu Fishermen and Labourers engaged in
Act 19 of 2007.
Amendment of section 9.
Fishing and other allied Activities (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2007,
in sub-section (4),-
(i) in clause (iii) for the expression "at the rate of 5 paise", the expression
"at the rate of ten paise" shall be substituted;
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291-Ex-IV-1186 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY (ii) in clause (iv), for the expression "at the rate of 10 paise", the expression
"at the rate of twenty paise" shall be substituted;
(iii) in clause (v) for the expression "at the rate of 5 per cent", the expression
"at the rate of seven per cent" shall be substituted;
(iv) in clause (vi), for the expression "at the rate of 5 per cent", the
expression "at the rate of seven per cent" shall be substituted;
(v) for clause (vii) the following clause shall be substituted, namely :-
"(vii) at the rate of twenty rupees per member for every year by the
registered members in the Tamil Nadu Fishermen Welfare Board;";
(vi) in clause (viii) for the expression "at the rate of one rupee", the
expression "at the rate of two rupees" shall be substituted.
TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 187STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Sub-section (4) of section 9 of the Tamil Nadu Fishermen and Labourers engaged in Fishing and other Allied Activities (Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2007 (Tamil Nadu Act 19 of 2007) enables the Government, in consultation with the Tamil Nadu Fishermen Welfare Board, to revise the proportion in which the contribution is to be collected from the sources specifi ed therein, towards the Tamil Nadu Fishermen and Labourers engaged in Fishing and other Allied Activities (Social Security and Welfare) Fund constituted under the said Act. In as much as the relief and assistance provided to the registered members of the Tamil Nadu Fishermen Welfare Board have been enhanced, the Government have decided to amend the said sub-section (4) of section 9 of the said Act, so as to increase the contribution to the Tamil Nadu Fishermen and Labourers engaged in Fishing and other Allied Activities (Social Security and Welfare) fund to meet out the additional expenditure. Accordingly, the Government have decided to amend the said Tamil Nadu Act 19 of 2007 suitably for the purpose in view.
2. The Bill seeks to give effect to the above decision.
D. JAYAKUMAR,
Minister for Fisheries,
Personnel and Administrative Reforms.
K. SRINIVASAN,
Secretary.
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