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The Maharashtra Private Security Guards (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1981

The Maharashtra Private Security Guards (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1981

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The Maharashtra Private Security Guards Act, 1981, regulates the employment and welfare of contract security guards in the state of Maharashtra. It applies to private security guards who work in factories or commercial establishments but are not hired directly by those establishments. This law matters because it protects vulnerable contract workers from exploitation. By establishing a dedicated oversight board, the Act coordinates registration, guarantees minimum wages, defines standard working hours, and provides essential welfare benefits like provident funds. Ultimately, it ensures job security and better livelihoods for private guards while standardizing relations between security agencies, principal employers, and workers.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent, commencement and application.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Scheme for ensuring regular employment of Security Guards.
  4. 4. Making, variation and revocation of Scheme.
  5. 5. Disputes regarding application of Scheme.
  6. 6. Constitution of Board.
  7. 7. Power of State Government to appoint Board consisting of one person.
  8. 8. Powers and duties of Board.
  9. 9. Accounts and audit.
  10. 10. Disqualifications and removal.
  11. 11. Resignation of office by member.
  12. 12. Vacancy to be filled as early as possible.
  13. 13. Proceedings presumed to be good and valid.
  14. 14. Determination of moneys due from employers, principal employer and Security Guards.
  15. 15. Advisory Committees.
  16. 16. Inspectors and their powers.
  17. 17. Cognizance of offences.
  18. 18. Prohibition of employment of children.
  19. 19. Application of Workmen's Compensation Act to Security Guards.
  20. 20. Application of Payment of Wages Act to Security Guards.
  21. 21. Application of Maternity Benefit Act to women Security Guards.
  22. 22. Rights and privileges under other laws not affected in certain cases.
  23. 23. Exemptions.
  24. 24. Inquiry into working of the Board.
  25. 25. Supersession of the Board.
  26. 26. Contracting out.
  27. 27. General penalty for offences.
  28. 27A. Compounding of offences.
  29. 28. Protection of action taken under this Act.
  30. 29. Power to make rules.
  31. 30. Schemes and rules to be laid before State Legislature.
  32. 31. Repeal of Mah. Ord. V of 1981 and saving.

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