The Employees State Insurance Extension to the Tribal Areas of Meghalaya) Act, 1998

1. (1) This Act may be called the Employees State Insurance Extension to the Tribal Areas of Meghalaya) Act, 1998.
2. (2) It shall come into force with immediate effect.

In this Act.

1. (a) Act means the Employees State Insurance Extension to the Tribal Areas of Meghalaya) Act, 1998.
2. (b) EISA means the Employees State Insurance Act, 1984 (Central Act 34 of 1948) and.
3. (c) Tribal Areas means the areas in Meghalaya as specified in Part II of the Table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India.

The EISA shall extend to and come into force in the tribal areas will immediate effect.

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 of this act no action taken or proceeding initiated under the provisions of the EISA in any part of the tribal areas before the commencement of this Act shall be invalid merely by reason that the EISA as so extended and brought into force by this Act would have had a prospective application.