Repeal and savings.- (1) From the date of coming into force of this Act in the

1[Belgaum Area] ,-

1. (a) the Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953 (Bombay Act 40 of 1953), as in force in the 1[Belgaum Area] shall stand repealed; 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
2. (b) all properties, fund and dues which are vested in or realisable by the new Board as defined in the Bombay Labour Welfare Board (Reconstitution) Order, 1959, made by the Central Government under the Inter-State Corporations Act, 1957 (Central Act 38 of 1957), shall vest in, and be realisable by, the Board constituted under this Act;
3. (c) all liabilities which were enforceable against the said new Board shall be enforceable against the Board constituted under this Act; and
4. (d) all employees serving in connection with the affairs of the said new Board shall become employees of the Board constituted under this Act.

1. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), the provisions of section 6 of the 1[Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899( 1[Karnataka] Act 3 of 1899), shall be applicable in respect of the repeal of the Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953 and sections 8 and 24 of the said 1[Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899, shall be applicable as if the said Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953, had been repealed and re-enacted by this Act. 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973
   • • * * * NOTIFICATION

Welfare Fund Act, 1965 (Mysore Act No. 15 of 1965), the Government of Mysore, hereby appoints the fifteenth day of August 1968 to be the date on which the said Act shall come into force. By Order and in the name of Governor of Mysore,

(G.G.PUROHIT) Under Secretary to Government, Food, Civil Supplies and Labour Department. (Published in KarnatakaGazette (Extraordinary) Part IV - 2A dated 10-7-1964. as No. 183.)

• • * * * KARNATAKA ACT NO. 05 OF 2025 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 10 th day of January, 2025) THE KARNATAKA LABOUR WELFARE FUND (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024 (Received the assent of the Governor on the 08 th day of January, 2025 ) An Act further to amend the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965.

Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Labour Welfare

Fund Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 15 of 1965) for the purposes herein after appearing: Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Seventy fifth year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2024.

1. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 7A.- In the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 15 of 1965), in section 7A, in sub-section (2), for the words “twenty rupees, forty rupees and twenty rupees”, the words, “fifty rupees,

one hundred rupees and fifty rupees” shall respectively be substituted.

3. Power to remove difficulties.- (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary for removing the difficulty:

Provided that, no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.

1. (2) Every order made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of the State Legislature. By Order and in the name of the Governor of Karnataka, G. SRIDHAR Secretary to Government Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation KARNATAKA ACT NO.05 OF 2026 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 07 th day of January, 2026) THE KARNATAKA LABOUR WELFARE FUND (AMENDMENT) ACT, (Received the assent of the Governor on the 06 th day of January, 2026 ) An Act further to amend the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965. Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 15 of 1965) for the purposes hereinafter appearing: Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Seventy sixth year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2025.
2. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 2.- In the Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 15 of 1965) (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act), in section 2, in clause (4), in sub-clause (iii), for the

words “more than fifty persons”, the words “ten or more persons”, shall be substituted. 3. Amendment of section 7A.- In the Principal Act, in section 7A, in sub-section (3), for the words “cheque or by crossed demand draft”, the words, brackets and letters “online payment channels i.e.,

Net banking or National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) or Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) or Unified Payments Interface (UPI) or demand draft”, shall be substituted.

4. Power to remove difficulties.- (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary for removing the difficulty: Provided that, no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.

1. (2) Every order made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of the State Legislature. By Order and in the name of the Governor of Karnataka, G. SRIDHAR Secretary to Government Department of Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation