WORKING JOURNALISTS AND OTHER NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES (CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1955

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S.1 Short title and extent

S.2 Definitions

S.3 Act 14 of 1947 to apply to working journalists

S.4 Special provisions in respect of certain cases of retrenchment

S.5 Payment of gratuity

S.5(a) Nomination by working journalist

S.6 Hours of work

S.7 Leave

S.8 Fixation or revision of rates of wages

S.9 Procedure for fixing and revising rates of wages

S.10 Recommendation by Board

S.11 Powers and procedure of the Board

S.12 Powers of Central Government to enforce recommendations of the Wage Board

S.13 Working journalists entitled to wages at rates not less than those specified in the order

S.13(a) Power of Government to fix interim rates of wages

S.13(aa) Constitution of Tribunal for fixing or revising rates of wages in respect of working journalists

S.13(b) Fixation or revision of rates of wages of non-journalist newspaper employees

S.13(c) Wage Board for fixing or revising rates of wages in respect of non-journalist newspaper employees

S.13(d) Application of certain provisions

S.13(dd) Constitution of Tribunal for fixing or revising rates of wages in respect of non-journalist newspaper employees

S.14 Act 20 of 1946 to apply to newspaper establishments

S.15 Act 19 of 1952 to apply to newspaper establishments

S.16 Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this Act

S.16(a) Employer not to dismiss, discharge, etc., newspaper employees

S.17 Recovery of money due from an employer

S.17(a) Maintenance of registers, records, and muster-rolls

S.17(b) Inspectors

S.18 Penalty

S.19 Indemnity

S.19(a) Defects in appointments not to invalidate acts

S.19(b) Saving

S.20 Power to make rules

S.21 Repeal of Act 1 of 1955

Sch.1 SCHEDULE I

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