THE BOMBAY LABOUR WELFARE FUND ACT, 1953
The Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953
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This Act creates a Labour Welfare Fund in Maharashtra to finance activities for the welfare of workers and their families. The Fund receives unpaid wages and bonus, fines, contributions from employers and employees, and grants. A Board manages the Fund, can borrow and invest, and uses it for welfare schemes.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 2A. Omitted
- 3. Welfare Fund
- 4. [NO TITLE]
- 5. Disqualifications and removal
- 6. Resignation of office by member and filling up casual vacancies
- 6A. Unpaid accumulations and claims thereto
- 6B. Interest on unpaid accumulations or fines after notice of demand
- 6AA. Power to appoint committees
- 6BB. Contributions
- 7. Vesting and application of fund
- 8. Power of Board to borrow
- 9. Investment of Fund
- 10. Directions by Administrator to Board
- 11. Appointment and power of Welfare Commissioner
- 12. Appointment and power of Inspector
- 13. Absorption of the existing staff under Commissioner of Labour
- 14. Appointment of clerical and other staff by Board
- 15. Power of Administrator to remove any person on staff of Board
- 16. Power of Administrator or authorised officer to call records, etc
- 17. Mode of recovery of sums payable to Board, etc
- 17A. Penalty for obstructing inspection in discharge of inspector's duties or failure to produce documents, etc
- 17B. Provisions relating to jurisdiction
- 18. Supersession of Board
- 19. [NO TITLE]
- 20. Members of Board Welfare Commissioner, Inspectors and all officers and servants of Board to be public servants
- 21. Protection to person acting in good faith
- 22. Exemptions
- 23. Amendment of section 8 of Act IV of 1936
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