THE PLANTATIONS LABOUR (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017

Registered No.-768/97 THE ASSAM GAZETTE ~~ct EXTRAORDINARY ~~ <tS'i'~<i1 ~ ~ PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY ~~ 105~~.1~. 7~ 2018, 16<rro~, 1939 ~) No. 105 Dispur, Wednesday, 7th March, 2018, 16th Phalguna, 1939 (S. E.) GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT : : : LEGISLATIVE BRANCH NOTIFICATION The 3rd March, 2018 No. LGL.14/2017/8.- The following Act of the Assam Legislative Assembly which received the assent of the President on 10th February, 2018 is hereby published for general information. ASSAM ACT NO. I OF 2018 (Received the assent of the President on 10th February, 2018) THE PLANTATIONS LABOUR (ASSAM AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017 606 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 7, 2018 Preamble Short title, extent and commencement AN ACT further to amend the Plantations Labour Act, 1951, in its application to the State of Assam. Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Act No. 69 of Plantations Labour Act, 1951, hereinafter referred to as the 1951 principal Act, in its application to the State of Assam, in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Plantations Labour (Assam Amendment) Act, 201 7. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Assam. (3) It shall come into force at once. Amendment of 2. In the principal Act, for existing section 14, the following section 14 shall be substituted, namely:- "14. Educational Facilities. - Where the children between the ages of six and fourteen of workers employed in any plantatimi exceed twenty five in number, the State Government may make rules requiring every employer to provide educational facilities for the children in such manner and of such standard as may be prescribed." · S. M. BUZAR BARUAH, Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam, Legislative Department, Dispur. Guwahati : Printed and Published by the Dy. Directors (P & S), Directorate of Printing & Stationery, Assam, Guwahati-21 . Extraordinary Gazette No. 209 - 200 + 10 - 07 - 03- 2018. (visit at- www.dpns .assam.gov.in)