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CHAPTER IV - WELFARE

Section 18. Welfare officers.

(1) In every plantation wherein three hundred or more workers are ordinarily employed the employer shall employ such number of welfare officers as may be prescribed.

(2) The State Government may prescribe the duties, qualifications and conditions of service of officers employed under sub-section (1). STATE AMENDMENT

Kerala

Amendment of Section 18.—In Section 18 of the Plantation Labour Act, 1951 (Central Act 69 of 1951) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—

“(1A) If in any plantation, welfare officers are not employed as required by the rules made under sub-section (1), the chief inspector may appoint the required number of welfare officers and thereupon such officers shall be deemed to have been employed by the employee under sub-section (1):

Provided that before appointing welfare officers under this sub-section the employer shall be given an opportunity of being heard.”

[Vide Kerala Act 25 of 1969, s. 2.]

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  • 1. The Act comes into force in Pondicherry on 1-10-1963 by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I. The Act has been amended in Keralaby Kerala Act 25 of 1969.
  • 2. 1st April, 1954: see S.R.O. 880 dated 6th March, 1954, Gazette of India, 1954, Pt. II, Sec. 3, p. 530
  • 3. Subs. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 2, for sub-section (4) (w.e.f. 21-11- 1960).
  • 4. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 2, for "or cinchona" (w.e.f. 26-1- 1982).
  • 5. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “10.117 hectares” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 6. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “thirty” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 7. Ins. by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu andKashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 2, for “10.117 hectares” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “thirty” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 3. Subs. by Act 61 of 1986, s. 24, for “fifteenth” (w.e.f. 23-12-1986).
  • 4. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 3 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 6. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 7. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 3 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 3, for cl. (f) (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for cl. (h) (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 3. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for cl. (k) (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 4. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “rupees seven hundred and fifty” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 6. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for “managerial capacity, notwithstanding that his monthly wages do not exceed rupees seven hundred andand fifty” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

Page 7

  • 1. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 4 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 8

  • 1. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 5 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 9

  • 1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 3, for “and children are, or are to be” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 2. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 4 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 3. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 4, for “chief inspector” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

Page 10

  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 6, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 26-1- 1982).
  • 2. Ins. by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 11

  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 6, for “such rooms” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for section 15 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 12

  • 1. Certain words and figures omitted by Act 34 of 1960, s. 5 (w.e.f. 21-11- 1960).
  • 2. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 8 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 15

  • 1. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 5 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

Page 16

  • 1. Section 19 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 58 of 1981, s. 9 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 9, ibid, for “fifty-four hours” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 3. The words “or child’ omitted by Act 17 of 2010, s. 6 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 4. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 9, for “forty hours” (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 5. Ins. by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 6-1-1982).

Page 17

  • 1. Subs. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 10, for clause (b) (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by Act 42 of 1953, s. 4 and the Third Schedule, for “19”.
  • 3. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 7 (we.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. The words “and children” omitted by Act 17 of 2010, s. 8 (we.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 2. The words “or child” omitted by s. 8, ibid. (we.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 3. The words “child and no” omitted by Act 17 of 2010, s. 9 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 4. The words “child or” omitted by s. 9, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. The words “either as a child or” omitted by s.10, ibid. (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

Page 19

  • 1. The proviso omitted by Act 58 of 1981, s. 11 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 6 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 3. The existing Explanation numbered as Explanation 1 thereof by Act 58 of 1981, s. 11 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 4. Ins. by s. 11. ibid. (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 5. Subs. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 7, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 21-11- 1960).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 42 of 1953, s. 4 and the Third Schedule, for "any period less than".
  • 2. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 12 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 3. Ins. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 11 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 12, for “three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both” (w.e.f.7-6-2010).
  • 2. Subs. by s. 12, ibid., for “three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 3. Subs. by s. 13, ibid., for “one month, or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 4. Subs. by s. 14, ibid., for “six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both” (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 5. Ins. by Act 58 of 1981, s. 13 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).

Page 22

  • 1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 12, for section 39 (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).

Page 23

  • 1. Ins. by Act 34 of 1960, s. 8 (w.e.f. 21-11-1960).
  • 2. The word "and" omitted by Act 58 of 1981, s. 14 (w.e.f. 26-1- 1982).

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  • 1. Added by Act 58 of 1981, s. 14 (w.e.f. 26-1-1982).
  • 2. Subs. by Act 17 of 2010, s. 16, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 7-6-2010).
  • 3. Sub-section (4) omitted by Act 4 of 2018, s. 3 and the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 5-1-2018).