(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Acts specified in Schedule I, the powers, duties and functions conferred on Commissioner of Labour or any officer under those Acts shall be exercised by the Development Commissioner or any officer authorised by him in this behalf.
(2) The State Government may, as and when considered necessary, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend Schedule I and thereupon Schedule I shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly:
Provided that when Schedule I is to be amended by adding an Act made by the Parliament, such amendment shall be made with the prior approval of the Government of India.
Amendment of certain Acts.
18. Each of the Acts specified in the second column of the Schedule II shall be amended in the manner and to the extent specified against it in the third column thereof.
1. These words were inserted by Guj. 24 of 2007, s.6(2).
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19. The units in the Zone shall furnish the consolidated annual report in the prescribed form to the Development Commissioner instead of periodical returns under the following Acts, namely:- Consolidated return under various laws.
8 of 1923. (i) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923;
4 of 1936. (ii) The Payment of Wages Act, 1936;
63 of 1948. (iii) The Factories Act, 1948;
11 of 1948. (iv) The Minimum Wages Act, 1948;
53 of 1961. (v) The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961;
21 of 1965. (vi) The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965;
37 of 1970. (vii) The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970;
and
(viii) such other Acts as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify:
Provided that when any other Act made by the Parliament is to be specified by the State Government, it shall be specified with prior approval of the Government of India.
XIV of 1947. 20. The provisions of Chapter V-D of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 shall apply to the industrial establishments set up in the Zone.
Application of Chapter V-D of XIV of 1947 to Zone.
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