The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Ordinance, 1981

"«o 23] No. 23] 3ffllmtvr EXTRAORDINARY imr Il-81111 PART II-Section 1 snf~ ~ Sl'<t>--mffi PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY ;:i-f f~~~), ~f'(.(4T~, Gj;(:flf 2 6, I 981/PJtT1'11f 4, 19.03 NEW DELHI, SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1981/SRAVANA 4, 1903 ~ mil' ff" 'h=f«r t!:65' ~•IT G1 m'ffi' 1:l_! f-~~ ~S ~ ~tr ~ ~~ ~q- if ~ -ill ~ I Separat. paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a. separate compilation MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (Ltgislative Department) New Delhi, the 26th July, 1981/Sravana 4, 1903 (Saka) TJ:IE .. \VORI~JN(iJQJJI~:NALlSIS _,i\NP QJff!i:K.NEWSJ?APER E_M:PLOYEES ((:QNDITIONS OF SERVlCJ~L .bND MISCEL- , T1ANEOUS PROVISiQNS (AIVI~NPl\{ENIJ. QRDr!'f~~S:E, 1981 No. r'.2 QF 19S1 . Promulgated by the President in fhe Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India. An Ordin,tr1ce further to amend the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscel ­ laneous Provisions Act. 1955 . . WHEREAS Parliament is not in session and the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary 1for him to take immediate action; Now, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 123 of the Constitution, the President fa pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance:-- 1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees ( Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Ordinance, 1981. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 13th day of August, 1980. - Short title and com­ mence­ ment. Amend­ ment of section 2. Insertion of new section 16A. Employer not to dismiss, clischarge, etc. newspaper employees. 2. In section 2 of the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (hereinafter 45ofl955. referred to as the principal Act), in clause (f), for the words "who is employed as such in, or in relation to, any newspaper establishment", the words "who is employed as such, either whole-fone or part-time, in, or in relation to, one or more newspaper establishments" shall be substituted. 3. After section 16 of the principal A,ct, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- "l6A. No employer in relation to a newspaper establishment shall, by reason of his liability for payment of wages to newspaper employees at the rates specified in an order of the Central Government under section 12. or under section 12, read with section 13AA or section I 3DD, dismiss, discharge or retrench any newspaper employee.". N. SANJIVA REDDY, President. R. V. S. PIERI SASTRI, Secy. to the Govt. of India.