Amendment ef sect jon 15---- In seciion 15 of the Kerala — (AMENDED BY ACT dOF 1994),Act 27 of 20081Act 3 of 2009 & Act 13 of 2013

2 Amendment ef sect jon 15---- In seciion 15 of the Kerala hiffd h cad Workers' Act, 1 978 120 of 1980 1 hereinafter referred to as the princ 11 Act). in sub scr,ion (I), in item (a), for the word "01" the words the person appointed :s ihe Chief Executive of tile board or" shall h su hsuuuted. Amendment olsection 73,—In section 18 of the principal, Act after subsection (8), the following su -section shall be inserted, narneIy: "(9) In the exercise of the powers and Lhi, disc'h trge of its functions the &rnrnittec shall he hound by such directions as the Board may give t fro.m time to time". II I Free supplement to Law of Headload Workers in Kerala —2008 Edition PubIihed by Law Books Centre (This supplement ceitains amendments issued uplo 191012013) THE KERALA HEADLOAD WORKERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008 (Ad 71 Of 2008) MACI further Ldid to amend the Kerala Headload Waikers Act, 1978 and to repeal the MACI Karate Loading and Unloading (Regulation of Wages and Restitlion of tJnlewfat Practice s) Act 2002. prgarnble.—WHErnS, ills expedient further to ameridthe Kerala HeadlOadW0ersMtd 1978 and to ieptalthe Kerala Loading and Unloading (Regulation of Wages and Restriction of UnlawfulPraCti5) Ad, 2002 fertIle purposes hereinafter appearing Sn it enacted in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Repubtc of India as fotows:- Short title and commtflcOmeflt" (1) This Ad may be called the Kerala Headload Wohers (Amendmeflt)Ad 2008. It shall come into force at once, (a) in clause (g), estabflshnien for ihewords ,o ,or in groupstorthe prposeMengagin9m insuch n clause (g), estabflshnient and includes a sub.CantraGtOr and a broker', the words 'for the purpose of engagingthern in bklid f su thestabiishment and includes a sub.cofltrador, a ppggg broker, a clearing and forwarding agent commission agent mercantilO agent. consignmefltarnl on the owner of avehicle tadenwith goods shatlbe substltuled Amendmei%t of Section 2— i n Secon 2 of the Kerala Headload WorkersM 1978 (20 ot 1980) (hereinafter referred to as the princlpalAc)r" fihd (b)nctause(I)r ibl () in sub-clause (i), after the words headload worker', the words employS or' shall be inse vIed: in sub-clause (n), a after the words 'not employed'. thewords'orengagee shall be inserted: after sub-clause (ii), the loitov4ng 'Explanation' shall be inserted, namely>-' 'Explanatlofl.' Forthe purpose of this sub-clause, a 'headload worker means a person wilo is registered under the scheme and or contractor.'. (c) forclause (rn), the follov4ng clause shall be substituted, namely:— '(rn) 'headload worke( means a person employed or engaged directly or through a contractor in or for an establishment, whether forwages or not, for loading or unloading or carrying on head or person or in atrolty any article or articles bl or from or to a vehicle or any place in such establishment or stacking articles, pt,tlishtd under Notinretan M0.lo347JLe< 2008&a',4t h Governor 00Qe482QOB dtOWOH/2003 1 KG. nt ilo,t751 or. oanoa/2008 p, Recant4 the assent ci he Governor 00Qe482QOB FSCESUPPLEMENITO.CRAtJH ecludur1gOcabt orsophist using manual taboa rcm a as$ in a vehicle orunloading by sIicng ecludur1gOcabt orsophist using manual taboa rcm a echanicaly propelS vehiclo or a peraofl who iS thWkhk(liOf (diliS i does in connection 1h !he't y ppp in poS tha Works hke (liOn; of (adilizenS in $adrs,weighiflg and stitching of 53c4,bund~ing reaIOn seats of containers l or contractor stacking and includes any person not hldi or unload employed by any employer or contractor g but enga;5 in the loading lliil or unloading or conying on head or parson or in a g; trolly any attica or articles for wages articles ing in orirofli or to a vehicle or any place in g articles excluding delicate omsophisticated articles in a vehicle or unloading tld hilbt d by siding using manual labour from a mechanicalty in a vehicle or g propotled vehicle but does not Include a person engaged by an individual for de5tic ppmOses. () shift Os ing includ1lr0nW0th0n of (urSure personal eftects and other household articles for domestic use; or Explanati en h _ For the purpose Of this clause, 'a person engagedbyan ivicuat for omesticPuPOs* in s* mflns any personengaged by an lntMualfO d (10 working In connection th iO the shifting of articles of a lling house of a person g including work in connectiOflwfh religious of social orpublic fundions or Qii) cutting, remOg shiffing and transPOdati0n.0tt3 and wood for personal use; or (k) constfljctlng orrepalrin and maintenance of hoLse including the shifting and transportation of construction materials, equipments or machinery for personal use and not for the purpose of trade, or dismantling demolishina and shifting Of old buOding materials or equipments hich is not forindusthal or conlnlerCJ& pu pose or including their transponaf on w s h hifting Of old buOding materials or equipments ich is not forindusthal or conlnlerCJ& pu pose or or (vi) shifting and tramspOftatiOne anmalalor personal use, (ii) shiftingandtranspOdaubon otmaterials ilt including iftingandtranspOdaubon otmaterials machinerY, rawmaterials, agricultural produces ld other materials related to agricultural operations in such person's land: or