The Minimum Wages (Extension of Time) Ordinance, 1950

' ' ' ' ' , ' . ' ' . , •. . ' ' . ' ' -· .-~ published in the Gazette c,f India ExtrttOTdinaTy, Pt1Tt ll, Sectimi 1, . • • J « · dated the 16th June, 1950.) , . ' " -,, XHE MINIMUM WAGES (EXTENSION: OF TIME) • , • • - ORDINANCE, 1950. , • . · • ' I' ' • • . • • ,ORJ;)INANCE No. XVII OF 1950. _ ~ minimu~ rates of \'i1ages m employments specified in Part I of ;, ~ .the Schedule to the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. ' ' ~ HEREAS Parliament is ·not in session and the President is satisfied . that circumstances. exist which render it necessary for him to take '. nnmediate action; - . ' ' ;, Now, THEREFORE, in e~ercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of < .article 123 of _the Constitution, the President is ,pleased to promulgate the _ following Ordinance:- • ' ;: • 1. Short title and coinmencement.-(1) This O:rdinance may be called· -• ( -the-,Minimum yYages (E:xtension of Time) Ordinance, 1950. f • (2) ,It shall come into force at once. ' f: .. 2. EXtensioll ~f time 1:imit in, section 3, Act-~ of _1948. During the ~ ··period of operation of this Ord1~ance, the M1n1mum Wages Act, 1948 ~ -(a) of sub-section (1) of section 3, there had always been substituted the [: _·following clause, namely:·- • ' ,, ' . . . •.• ' '(a) fix, before the exJJiry of three years from • the commence- ment of this Act or, as the cas~ may be, in the case of an employment . _, included in the Schedule by a notification under section 27, two years • from the date of such n~tification, the minimum rates of wages pay- able to employees employ~d· in all scheduled employm-ents;''. / . ; ' , -. 3. V,alidation of certain action taken under Act XI of 1948.-No mini­ -mum rate of wages fixed under section 3 of the S4id Act, and no action ·taken for fixing minimum ra~e of wages under any provision of the said Act, in an employment specified in Part I of the Schedule there­ to, between the 15th day of March, 1950, and the commencement of this Q:~ inance shall be invalid, .merely because such rate was fixed or action. ~~ taken after the expiry of the period specified in clause (a) o1 sub- ·section . ( l) of section 3 of the said Aat. .. ' . .. , • ' ' • ' I ' ,, r ~ .. • RAJENDRA PRASAD, • t • • : p,,., • • ' ', ' . • r - -\ • ·GJPD-St.-279 Hof Law-18-7·59·-20CO ' . ·. • . .., • • " •• I ' . , I • ' , ~ , . ' • ' ' • ,, , ' ' . . • j ' ' • , , ' , ' J • ' ' ' . ' I \ - . I , , • • • ' , l '