Chapter VII LABOUR

Each of the Acts specified in the second column of the Schedule II shall be amended in the manner and to the extent specified against it in the third column thereof.

The units in the Zone shall furnish the consolidated annual report in the prescribed form to the Development Commissioner instead of periodical returns under the following Acts, namely:-(i) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923;(ii) The Payment of Wages Act, 1936;(iii) The Factories Act, 1948;(iv) The Minimum Wages Act, 1948;(v) The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961;(vi) The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965;(vii) The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970; and(viii) such other Acts as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify:Provided that when any other Act made by the Parliament is to be specified by the State Government, it shall be specified with prior approval of the Government of India.

The provisions of Chapter V-D of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 shall apply to the industrial establishments set up in the Zone.

(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1A), all sales and transactions within the processing area of the Zone or in the demarcated area or between the units in the processing area and the demarcated area shall be exempt from all taxes, cess, duties, fees or any other levies under any State law to the extent specified below:(a) Stamp duty and registration fees payable on transfer of land meant for approved Units in the processing area of the Zone or in the demarcated area.

The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force.