Shops And Commercial Establishments Workers’ Welfare Fund
(Amendment) Act, 2017 (Kerala)

Act 6 of 2017

(Published in Kerala Gazette Ext. No.663 dt. 3.4.2017)

Notn.No.2284/Leg. C2/2016/Law.                                                                      Dt.3.4.2017.                                                                     

An Act further to amend the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Workers’ Welfare Fund Act, 2006.

Preamble.-- WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Workers’ Welfare Fund Act, 2006, for the purposes hereinafter appearing;

BE it enacted in the Sixty-eighth year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. Short title and commencement.-- (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Workers’ Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2017.

(2)  It shall be deemed  to have come into force on the 15th day of March, 2007.

2.  Amendment of Section 3.—In the Kerala Shops and Commercial Establishments Workers’ Welfare Fund Act, 2006 (24 of 2006), in sub-section (4) of Section 3, after Clause (f), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:—

“(g) for payment of the amount remitted as employees contribution by a member who has made contribution to the Fund continuously at least for a period of two years, in the event of getting employment in Government or semi-Government Institutions, if such member has not availed any benefits from the Fund;

(h) for payment of the amount remitted as contribution to the Fund to the dependants of a member who is not eligible for financial assistance on death.”.