S.1 Short title and commencement

       (1) This Act may be called the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Act, 1988.
       (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd day of July 1988.

S.2 Definitions

       In this Act unless the context otherwise requires, -
       (a) "Burmah Shell" means the Burmah Shell Oil Storage and Distributing Company of India Limited, a foreign company within the meaning of section 591 of the Companies Act, 1956 as it existed immediately before the appointed day under the Burmah Shell (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act, 1976.
       (b) "Burmah Shell Refineries" means the Burmah Shell Refineries Limited, a company registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1913 as it existed immediately before it became a Government company.
       (c) "Corporation" means the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, a Government company, as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956.
       (d) "officers and employees of the Corporation" includes.-
 

S.3 Power of Central Government to frame schemes to determine conditions of service of officers and employees

       (1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that for the purpose of making the conditions of service of the officers and employees of the Corporation comparable with the conditions of service of the officers and employees of other public sector companies, it is necessary so to do it may notwithstanding anything contained in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 or any other law or any agreement, settlement, award or other instrument for the time being in force, and notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority, frame one or more schemes for the purposes of determination of the conditions of service of the officers and employees of the Corporation.
       (2) While framing any scheme under sub-section (1) it shall be competent for the Central Government to provide for the continuance, after the commencement of any such scheme, of such of the emolumen

S.4 Repeal and saving

       (1) The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Ordinance, 1988 is hereby repealed.
       (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act.