THE WORKING JOURNALISTS AND OTHER NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES (CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (AMENDMENT)ACT, 1996

Year : 1996

ACT NO. 34 OF 1996.

[28th September, 1996]

An Act further to amend the Working Journalists and other News paper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows-

Section -1 Short title.

This Act may be called the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1996.

Section -2 Amendment of section 9.

In section 9 of the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955.) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),-

(i) In clause (a), for the words "two persons", the words "three persons" shall be substituted;

(ii) In clause (b), for the words "two persons", the words "three persons" shall be substituted;

(iii) In clause (c), for the words "three independent persons", the words "four independent persons" shall be substituted.

Section -3 Amendment of section 13C.

In section 13C of the principal Act,-

(i) In clause (a), for the words "two persons", the words "three persons" shall be substituted;

(ii) In clause (b), for the words "two persons", the words "three persons" shall be substituted,

(iii) In clause (c), for the words "three independent persons", the words "four independent persons" shall be substituted.