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CHAPTER IV - WELFARE AND HEALTH

Section 8. Canteens.

(1) The State Government may make rules requiring that in every place wherein one hundred motor transport workers or more employed in a motor transport undertaking ordinarily call on duty during every day, one or more canteens shall be provided and maintained by the employer for the use of the motor transport workers.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for—

(a) the date by which the canteens shall be provided;

(b) the number of canteens that shall be provided and the standards in respect of construction, accommodation, furniture and other equipment of the canteens;

(c) the foodstuffs which may be served therein and the charges which may be made therefore;

(d) the constitution of a managing committee for a canteen and the representation of the motor transport workers in the management of the canteen.

(3) The State Government may, subject to such conditions as it may impose, delegate to the chief inspector the power to make rules with reference to clause (c) of sub-section (2).

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  • 1. The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).
  • 2. The Act has been brought into force as follows:—26th January, 1962, vide notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,sec. 3(ii), in Madhya Pradesh.1st February, 1962, vide notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,sec. 3(ii), in Assam, Kerala, Mysore, Orissa, Punjab, Andaman & Nicobar Iclands, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh.1st March, 1962, vide notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,sec. 3(ii), in West Bengal.31st March, 1962, vide notification No. S.O. 296, dated 23th January, 1962, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,sec. 3(ii), in Madras, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.1st February, 1962, vide notification No. S.O. 310, dated 30th January, 1962, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,sec. 3(ii), in Andhra Pradesh.1st February, 1962, vide notification No. S.O. 382, dated 31st January, 1962, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,sec. 3(ii), in Rajasthan.15th February, 1962, vide notification No. S.O. 468, dated 9th February, 1962, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,sec. 3(ii), in Tripura.1st March, 1962, vide notification No. S.O. 573, dated 16th February, 1962, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,sec. 3(ii), in Bihar.31st March, 1962, vide notification No. S.O. 781, dated 9th March, 1962, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,sec. 3(ii), in Gujarat and Manipur.
  • 3. The proviso added by s. 2 and the Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).
  • 4. Subs. by Act 61 of 1986, s. 25, for “fifteenth” (w.e.f. 23-12-1986).*. 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 61 of 1986, s. 25, for “fifteenth” (w.e.f. 23-12-1986).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-5-1986).

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  • 1. Ins. by Act 4 of 1986, s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 15-5-1986).