TTM CHHAITISGARH INDUSTRIAL EMPI.TOYMENT (STANDING ORDERD
(AME|IDMENT) ACT,20r7
AnAct fnrtherto amend the Chhattisgarh Industrial Employment (Standing Orden) Act, 1961 (No.26 of1961)'
Be it enacted by the Chhattisgarh Legislature in the Sixty-eigth Year ofthe Republic of India, as follows :-
short ritle, €xtent l. 0) ThisAct may be calted the Chhattisgarh Industrial Emplol, nent (Standing end commencement. Orders) (Amendment) Acl"20l7.
@ It extends to the whole State of Chhattisgarh.
(3) It shall come into force from the date ofits publication in the Officia! Gazette. Amenarment oI 2. In the Chhattisgarh lndustrial Employment( Standing Orders ) Act,1961 section 2. (No. 26 of1961), (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act), in Section 2, - (D in sub-section (1), in clause (a), for the words "more than twenty", the words 'tnore than thirty" shall be substituted;
(D after sub-section (2), the following shall be inserted, namely :-
'(3) Nothing in this Act shall apply to an establishment or industrial entity classifledas "Micro Indwtry" under the Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (No. 27 of2006):
hovided that the State Government may withdraw, paxtially
or fufly, any exemption granted to any Micro Industry or category ofMicro Industries, ifit is satisfied that it is so required in the interest ofworkers."
Amendment of 3. ln Section 8 ofthe PrincipalAct,-
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(a) in sub-section (3), after the word "employees", for punctuation fulI stop ""' the punctuation colon ":" shall be substituted; and
(b) below sub-section (3), the following shall be added, namely i
"Provided that where the Government has made any amendment in the Standard Order, the same shall be deemed to be duly incorporated in any award, agreement or settlement and in the certifred amendment to the standing orders applicable to an undertaking."
Amenalm€nt oI 4. In Section 17 ofthe PrincipalAct,-
Sectiotr17,
O for sub-section (l), the following shall be substituted, namely :-
I '(l) Any employer modfuing his standing orders otherwise than in
. accordance with the provisions ofthisAct, shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may ixtend to fifty thousand rupees, and in the case ofa continuing offence with a firther fine which shall not be less than
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