WORKING JOURNALISTS AND OTHER NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES
(CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1955
CONTAINS
THE WORKING JOURNALISTS AND OTHER NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES
(CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1955
(45 of 1955)
1.Ins. by Act 60 of 1974, Sec. 4.
13-B. Fixation
or revision of rates of wages of non-journalist newspaper employees.
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(l)
The Central Government may, in the manner hereinafter provided,
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(a)
Fix rates of wages in respect of non-journalist newspaper
employees; and
(b) Revise,
from time to time, at such intervals as it may think fit, the rates
of wages fixed under this section.
(2) The rates of wages may be fixed or revised
by the Central Government in respect of non-journalist newspaper employees
for time work and for piece work.
13-C. Wage Board for revising rates of wages in respect
of non-journalist newspaper employees. -For the purpose of fixing or revising rates of wages in respect of
non-joumalist newspaper employees under this Act, the Central Government
shall, as and when necessary, constitute a Wage Board which shall consist
of-
(a) Two
persons representing employers in relation to newspaper establishment;
(b) Two
persons representing non-joumalist newspaper employees; and,
(c) Three
independent persons, one of whom shall be a person who is or has been,
a Judge of a High Court or the Supreme Court and who shall be appointed
by that Government as the Chairman thereof.
13-D. Application of certain provisions. -The provisions of Secs. 10 to 13-A
shall apply to, and in relation to, the Board constituted under Sec.
13C, the Central Government and non-journalist newspaper employees,
subject to the modifications that-
(a) The
references to the Board and working journalists therein, wherever
they occur, shall be construed respectively as references to the Board
constituted under Sec. 13-C-and to non-joumalist newspaper employees;
(b) The
references in sub-section (3) of Sec. 11 to Sec. 9 shall be construed
as a reference to Sec. 13-C; and(c)
The references in Sec. 13 and Sec. 13-A to Sec. 12 shall be
construed as a reference to Sec. 12 read with this section.
1[13-DD. Constitution of Tribunal
for fixing or revising rates of wages in respect of non-journalist newspaper
employees. -
(1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Act, where the Central Government is of opinion that the Board constituted
under Sec. 13-C for the purpose of fixing or revising rates of wages
in respect of non-journalist newspaper employees under this Act has
not been able to function (for any reason whatsoever) effectively, and
in the circumstances, it is necessary to do, it may, by notification
in the official Gazette, constitute a tribunal which shall consist of
a person who is, or has been, a Judge of a High Court or the Supreme
Court, for the purpose of fixing or revising rates of wages in respect
of non-journalist newspaper employees under this Act.
(2) The provisions of Sec. 10 to 13-A shall apply
to, and in relation to, the Tribunal constituted under sub-section (1)
of this section, the Central Government and non-journalist newspaper
employees, subject to the modifications that-
(a) The references to the Board and working journalists
therein, wherever they occur, shall be construed respectively as references
to the Tribunal and to non-joumalist newspaper employees;
(b) In sub-section (3) of Sec. 11-
(i) The
reference to the office of Chairman or any other member of the Board
shall be construed as a reference to the office of the person constituting
the Tribunal;
(ii) The reference to Sec. 9 shall be construed
as a reference to sub-section (1) of this section; and
(c) The
references in Sec. 13 and Sec. 13-A to Sec. 12 shall be construed
as references to Sec. 12 read with this section.
(3)
The Tribunal, in discharging
its functions under this Act, may act on the evidence recorded by the
Wage Board or partly recorded by the Wage Board and partly recorded
by itself:
Provided
that if Tribunal is of opinion that further examination of any of the
witnesses whose evidence has already been recorded is necessary in the
interests of justice, it may re-summon any such witness, and after such
further examination, cross-examination and re-examination, if any, as
it may permit, the witness shall be discharged.
(4) On the constitution of a Tribunal under
sub-section (1) the Board constituted under Sec. 13-C and functioning
immediately before such constitution shall cease to exist and the members
constituting that Board shall be deemed to have vacated their offices:
Provided
that any interim rates of wages fixed by the Central Government under
Sec. 13-A read with Sec. 13-D in respect of non-joumalist newspaper
employees and in force immediately before the constitution of the Tribunal
shall remain in force until the order of the Central Government under
Sec. 12 read with this section comes into operation.]
1. Ins. by Act 6 of 1979, Sec. 4 (w.e.f. 3Ist
January, 1979).