Preamble

[Translation in English of “ 1998-ലലെ കകേരള ഈററ, കേകാടട്ടുവളളള, തഴ ലതകാഴളലെകാളള കക്ഷേമനളധള ആകക്ട്” published under the authority of the Governor.]

ACT 17 OF 1998 THE KERALA BAMBOO, KATTUVALLI AND PANDANUS LEAF WORKERS’ WELFARE FUND ACT, 1998*

An Act to provide for the constitution of a Fund to grant relief to, to promote the welfare of , and to pay pension to, bamboo, kattuvalli and pandanus leaf workers, and self-employed persons in bamboo, kattuvalli and pandanus leaf industries in the State of Kerala.

Preamble.—WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the constitution of a Fund to grant relief to, to promote the welfare of , and to pay pension to, bamboo, kattuvalli and pandanus leaf workers, and self-employed persons in bamboo, kattuvalli and pandanus leaf industries in the State of Kerala and for matters incidental or ancillary thereto;

BE it enacted in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—