THE ASSAM TEA PLANTATIONS EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990

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    "title": "THE ASSAM TEA PLANTATIONS EMPLOYEES WELFARE FUND (AMENDMENT) ACT 1990",
    "short_title": "The Assam Tea Plantations Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 1990",
    "act_number": "03",
    "act_year": 1991,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
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    "enactment_date": "1991-06-19",
    "description": "The Assam Tea Plantations Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 1990",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "An Act Further to amend the Assam Tea Plantations Employees' Welfare Fund Act, 1959.\nWhereas it is expedient to amend the Assam Tea Plantations Employees' Welfare Fond Act, 1959, hereinafter called the Principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;\nIt is hereby enacted in the Forty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows, namely:--",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
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            "content": "(1) This Act may be called the Assam Tea Plantations \"Employees\" Welfare Fond (Amendment) Act, 1990.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It shall have the like extent as the principal Act.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in Official Gazette, appoint.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Amendment of Section 3A of the Assam Act XVI of 1669",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In the principal Act, in sub-section (2) of Section 3A, the words \"and the 31st December\" in between the words the \"30th June\" and \"of a calendar year\" shall be deleted;",
            "footnote": "Assam Act XVI of 1960",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(a)",
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            "content": "(a) Employer's contribution shall be at such rates as the Government may prescribe from time to time by a notification in the Official Gazette, but the Employer's rate of contribution shall not be less than two rupees per employee (temporary & permanent) and payable as en the 30th June every year:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Proviso to Section 3(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Provided that till such higher rate is prescribed the employer's contribution shall be two rupees per employee as on 30th day of June every year and payable are every twelve months ending on 30th day of June every year.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(b)",
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            "content": "(b) Employees contribution shall be at the rate of one rupee per employee as on 30th day of June every year, and payable for every twelve months ending on 30th day of June every year.",
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            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(c)",
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            "content": "(c) The State Government's contribution shall be twice of the employee's contribution as on 30th day of June every year and payable for every twelve months ending on 30th day of June every year.\".",
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            "sort_order": 80
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4. Amendment of Section 3A of Assam Act XVI of 1960",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In the principal Act, in sub-section (4) of Section 3A the words \"and the 15th day of January\" in between the words \"July\" and \"every year\" shall be deleted.",
            "footnote": "Assam Act XVI of 1960",
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            "sort_order": 90
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5. Section 5",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In the principal Act, in the first proviso to sub-section (5) of Section 3A the words \"and December\" in between the words \"June\" and \"every year\" shall be deleted; and in the second proviso the word \"months\" in between the words \"for the\" and \"aforesaid\" shall be substituted by the word \"month\" and the words \"or months\" occurring subsequently in between the words \"month\" and \"with\" shall be deleted.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 100
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6. Section 6",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In the principal Act,--in sub-section (8) of section 3A, the words \"and January\" in between the word \"July\" and \"every year\" and the words \"and the 31st December\" in between the words \"30th June\" and \"every year\" shall be deleted and the words \"equal to the employer's\" occurring in between the word \"amount\" and the word \"contribution\" shall be substituted by the words \"twice the employee's\".",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "199103",
        "Act Number": "03",
        "Enactment Date": "1991-06-19",
        "Act Year": "1991",
        "Short Title": "The Assam Tea Plantations Employees Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 1990",
        "Department": "Government of Assam",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:18"
}