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THE
DOCK WORKERS (SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE) ACT, 1986
(Act No. 54 of 1986)
An Act to provide for the
safety, health and welfare of dock workers and for matters connected
therewith.
Be it enacted by Parliament in
the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :
1. Short title,
extent, commencement and application -
1. This Act may be called
the Dock Workers (Safety Health and Welfare) Act 1986
2. It extends to the whole
of India.
3. It shall come Into force
on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, appoint.
4. It shall not apply to
any ship of war of any nationality.
Comment
Intention of Legislature - The Intention of Legislature must be gathered from
the words of statute and not from what the Government professes it to be when
it has translated its intention into a statute or a rule.
2. Definitions
-
In
this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) “appropriate
Government” means, in. relation to any major port, the Central
Government, and, in relation to any other port, the State Government;
(b) “cargo”
includes anything carried or to be carried in the ship or other vessel;
(c) “Chief
Inspector” means the Chief Inspector of Dock Safety, appointed under
sub-section (1) of Sec. 3;
(d) “dock
work” means any work in or within the vicinity of any port in connection
with, or required, for, or incidental to, the loading, unloading, movement or storage of
cargoes into or from ship or other vessel, port, dock, storage place or
landing place, and includes –
i) work in
connection with the preparation of ships or other vessels for receipt or
discharge of cargoes or leaving port;
and
ii) chipping,
painting or cleaning of any hold., tank, structure or lifting machinery or
any other storage area in board the ship or In the docks;
(e) “dock
worker” means a person employed or to be employed directly or by or
through any agency (including a contractor) with or without knowledge of the
principal employer, whether for remuneration or not, on dock work;
(f) “employer”,
in relation to a dock worker, means the person by whom be is employed or Is
to be employed on dock work, whether for remuneration or not;
(g) “principal
employer”, in relation to a dock worker employed or to be employed by
or through any agency (including a contractor) means the person in connection
with whose work he is employed or is to be employed by such agency:
(h) “regulation” means a regulation made under this Act.
Comment
Where no definition provided reference to
dictionary not always safe. For
ascertaining the correct meaning of a fiscal entry the proper guide it
appears. In such a case is the context and the trade meaning.
3. Inspectors
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The
appropriate Government, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint
such person as it thinks fit to be the Chief Inspector of Dock Safety and
such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors subordinate to the Chief
Inspector for the purpose of this Act at such ports as may be specified In
the notification.
(2) The
Chief Inspector shall also exercise the powers of an Inspector.
(3) The
Chief Inspector and all Inspectors shall be deemed to be public servants
within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
4. Powers of
Inspectors -
An
Inspector may, at any port for which he is appointed –
(a) enter,
with such assistance (if any), as he thinks fit, any ship, dock, warehouse or
other premises, where any dock work is being carried on, or where he has
reason to believe that any dock work is being carried on;
(b) make examination of the ship, dock, lifting machinery,
cargo. gear, stagings. transport equipment,
warehouses or other premises, used or to be used, for any dock work;
(c) require
the production of any register, muster roll or other document relating to the
employment of dock workers and examine such document;
(d) take
on the spot or otherwise such evidence of any person which he may deem
necessary;
PROVIDED
THAT no person shall be compelled under this section to answer any question
or give any evidence tending to incriminate himself:
(e) take
copies of registers, records or other documents or portions thereof as he may
consider relevant in respect of any offence which he has reason to believe
has been committed or for the purpose of any inquiry;
(f) take
photograph, sketch, sample, measure or record as he may consider necessary
for the purpose of any examination or inquiry;
(g) hold
an inquiry into the causes of any accident which he has reason to believe was
the result of the collapse or failure of lifting machinery, transport
equipment, staging or non-compliance with any of the provisions of this Act
or the regulations;
(h) issue
show-cause notice relating to the safety, health and welfare provisions
arising under this Act or the regulations;
(i) prosecute,
conduct or defend before any Court any complaint or other proceedings arising
under this Act or the regulations;
(j) exercise such other powers as may be conferred upon him by
the regulations.
Comment
This section
deals with the powers of Inspectors.
Proviso
- In Abdul Jabar Butt v. State of Jammu and Kashmir, it was held that a proviso must be considered
with relation to the principal matter to which it stands as a proviso.
5. Powers
of Inspector where employment of dock workers are dangerous -
(1) If
it appears to an Inspector that any place at which any dock work, is being
carried on is in such a condition that it is dangerous to life, safety or
health, of dock workers, he may, in writing, serve on the owner or on the
person in charge of such place an order prohibiting any dock work in such
place until measures have been taken to remove the cause of the danger to his
satisfaction.
(2) An
Inspector serving an order under sub-section (1) shall endorse a copy to the
Chief Inspector who may modify or cancel the order without waiting for an
appeal.
6. Facilities
to be afforded to an Inspector -
The owner or
the person in charge of the place at which any dock work is being carried on,
shall afford the Chief Inspector or the Inspector all reasonable facilities
for making any entry, inspection, survey, measurement, examination or inquiry
under this Act or the regulations.
7. Restrictions
on disclosure of information -
(1) All
copies of, and extracts, from registers or other records in relation to any
dock work and all other information required by the Chief Inspector or an
Inspector or by any one assisting him, in the course of the inspection or
investigation carried out for the purposes of this Act or the regulations
shall be regarded as confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person or
authority unless such disclosure is for the purpose of any action or
proceeding under this Act or the regulations or under any other law or unless
the Chief Inspector or the Inspector considers such disclosure necessary to
ensure the health, safety or welfare of any dock worker.
(2) The
Chief Inspector or the Inspector shall not disclose the source of any
complaint bringing to his notice a defect or breach of any legal provisions
and if any visit or inspection is to be made In connection with such a
complaint, be shall give no intimation to the employer that the visit is made
in consequence of receipt of such a complaint:
PROVIDED
THAT the restrictions imposed under this sub-section shall not apply to any
case where the complainant himself has expressed his willingness to have the
source of complaint disclosed.
(3) If
the Chief Inspector or an Inspector or any other person referred to In
sub-section (1) discloses, contrary to the provisions of this section, any
Information as aforesaid, he shall be punishable with Imprisonment for a term
which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Comments
This section imposes restrictions on disclosure of
Information collected by the Inspectors in the course of the inspection.
“Shall”
cannot be interpreted as “may”. Where the situation and context
warrants it, the word “shall” used in a section of a statute has
to be construed as “may”.
8. Appeal
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Any
person aggrieved by an order under Sec. 5 may, within fifteen days from the
date on which the order is communicated to him, prefer an appeal to the Chief
Inspector or where such order Is by the Chief Inspector, to such authority as
may be specified by the regulations and the Chief Inspector or such authority
shall, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, dispose of
the appeal as expeditiously as possible :
PROVIDED
THAT the Chief Inspector or such authority may entertain the appeal after the
expiry of the said period of fifteen days if he is satisfied that the appellant
was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time:
PROVIDED
FURTHER THAT an order under Sec. 5 shall be complied with, pending the
decision of the Chief Inspector or such authority.
9. Advisory
Committee -
(l) The
appropriate Government may constitute an Advisory Committee to advise upon such matters arising out of the administration
of this Act and the regulations as that Government may refer to it for
advice.
(2) The
members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the appropriate
Government and shall be of such number and chosen in such manner as may be
prescribed by rules made under this Act:
PROVIDED THAT the Advisory Committee shall include
an equal number of members representing –
(i)
the
appropriate Government
(ii)
the dock
workers, and
(iii)
the employers of dock
workers and shipping companies.
(3) The
Chairman of the Advisory Committee shall be one of the members appointed to
represent the appropriate Government, nominated in this behalf by that
Government.
(4) The
appropriate Government shall publish in the Official Gazette the names of all
members of the Advisory Committee.
(5) The term of office of the members of the
Advisory Committee and the manner of filling vacancies among, and, the
procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, the members
shall be such as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act.
10. Power
of appropriate Government to direct inquiry into cases of accidents or
diseases –
(1) The appropriate Government may,
if it considers it expedient to do so, appoint a competent person to inquire
into the causes of any accident occurring in connection with any dock work or
into any cases where a disease specified by regulations as a disease
connected with dock work has been or is suspected to have been contracted by
dock workers and may also appoint one or more persons possessing legal or
special knowledge to act as assessors in such inquiry.
(2) The person appointed to hold an
inquiry under this section shall have all the powers of a Civil Court under
the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), for the purposes of enforcing
the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documents and
material objects and may also, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of
the inquiry, exercise any of the powers of an Inspector under this Act; and
every person required by the person making the Inquiry to furnish any
information shall be deemed to be legally bound so to do within the meaning
of Sec. 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
(3) The person holding the inquiry
under this section shall make a report to the appropriate Government stating
the causes of the accident or, as the case may be, disease and any attendant
circumstances and adding any observations which he or any of the assessors
may think fit to make.
(4) The procedure to be followed at
inquiries under this section shall be such as the appropriate Government may
prescribe by rule under Sec. 20.
11. Obligations
of dock workers -
(1) No
dock worker shall –
(a) willfully
interfere with, or misuse, any appliance, convenience or other thing provided
in connection with any dock work for the purpose of securing the health,
safety and welfare of dock workers;
(b) willfully
and without reasonable cause do anything likely to endanger himself or
others; and
(c) willfully neglect to make use of any appliance,
convenience or other thing provided In connection with any dock work for the
purpose of securing the health, safety and welfare of dock workers.
(2) If
any dock worker contravenes any of the provisions of sub section (1), he
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three
months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
Comments
This
section deals with the obligations of dock workers.
Word
“punishable” defined - The word means ‘liable to
punishment, capable of being punished by law or right, may be punished or
liable to be punished’, and not ‘must be punished’
12. Power
to exempt -
The appropriate Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, exempt from all or any of the
provisions of this Act and of the regulations, on such conditions, if any, as
it thinks fit –
(a)
any port or
place, dock, wharf, quay or similar premises if that, Government is satisfied
that dock work is only occasionally carried on or the traffic is small and
confined to small ships and fishing vessels at such port, dock, wharf, quay
or similar premises; or
(b)
any specified
ship or class of ships, if that Government is satisfied, having regard to the
features of such ship or ships, the nature, quantum and periodicity of dock
work carried thereon and all other relevant factors, that it is necessary so
to do:
PROVIDED
THAT the appropriate Government shall not grant exemption under this section
unless it is satisfied that such exemption will not adversely affect the
health, safety and welfare of dock workers.
13. Protection of action
taken in good faith -
No suit,
prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for
anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.
14. Penalties - (1) Whoever -
(a) willfully
obstructs an Inspector in exercise of any power conferred by or under this
Act or fails to produce on demand by an Inspector any register or other
documents kept in pursuance of the regulations or, otherwise in connection
with any dock work or conceals or prevents or attempts to prevent any person
from appearing before, or being examined by, an Inspector; or
(b) unless
duly authorized or In case of necessity, removes any fencing, gangway, gear,
ladder, life-saving means or appliance, light, mark, stage or other thing
required to be provided by, or under the regulations; or
(c) having
in case of necessity removed any such fencing, gangway, gear, ladder,
life-saving means or appliance, light, mark, stage or other thing, omits to
restore it at the end of the period for which its removal was necessary,
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five
thousand rupees, or with both.
(2) If
any person, being a person whose duty is to comply with any of the
regulations, contravenes such regulations and such contravention results
–
(a) in
any fatal accident to a dock worker, or
(b) an
accident which incapacitates a dock worker from earning his full wages for
more than a fortnight,
such
person shall be punishable with Imprisonment for a term which may extend to
six months or with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees in a
case falling under Cl. (a) and five hundred rupees
in a case falling under Cl. (b) but which may
extend, in either case to five thousand rupees, or with both, and the Court
may order the whole or part of the fine to be paid to the dependent of the
deceased dock worker or, as the case may be, to the injured dock worker.
Explanation - The provisions of this sub-section shall be in addition to any
provisions which may be made under sub-section (4) of Sec. 21.
(3)
Subject to the
provisions of Sec. 11, if any dock worker contravenes any provisions of this
Act or the regulations imposing any duty or liability on dock workers, he
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three
months. or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both
(4)
If any person
who has been convicted for an offence punishable under any of the provisions
of this Act or the regulations is again convicted for an offence committed
within two years of the previous conviction and involving a contravention of
the same provision, he shall. be punishable for each
subsequent conviction with double the imprisonment to which he would have
been liable for the first contravention of such provision.
15. Determination of the
persons responsible for the offence in certain cases –
If the
person committing an offence made punishable by this Act or the regulations
or any abetment thereof is a firm or other association of individuals or a
company or a local authority, all or any of the partners or members or
directors thereof as well as the firm association of individuals, company or
local authority shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence or abetment and
shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly:
PROVIDED THAT where a firm, association or company has given notices in
writing to the Chief Inspector and the Inspector of the port where any dock work
is being carried that it has nominated, -
(a) In
the case of a firm, any of its partners;
(b) In
the case of an association, any of its members:
(c) in
the case of a company, any of its directors,
who is
resident, in each case in any place to which this Act extends and who is in
each case either in fact in charge of the management of, or holds the largest
number of shares in, such firm, association or company, to assume the
responsibility of the person in charge of any dock work for the purposes of
this Act, such partner member or director, as the case may be, shall, so long
as he continues to so reside and be In charge or hold the largest number of
shares as aforesaid, be deemed to be the person in charge of such dock work
for the purposes of this Act unless a notice in writing canceling his
nomination or stating that he has ceased to be a partner, member or director,
as the case may be, is received by the Chief Inspector.
16. Power
of court to make orders -
(1) Where
a person is convicted of an offence punishable under this Act the Court may,
in addition to awarding him any punishment, by order in writing, require him
within a period specified In the order (which may be extended by the Court
from time to time on application made in this behalf) to take such measures
as may be so specified for remedying the matters in respect of which offence
was committed.
(2) Where
an order is made under sub-section (1), the person shall not be liable under
this Act in respect of the continuance of the offence during the period, or
extended period, if any, but if on the expiry of such period or extended
period the order of the Court has not been fully complied with, the person
shall be deemed to have committed a further offence and shall be punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine
which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day after such expiry on
which the order has not been complied with, or with both.
Comment
Court - Definition of - “Court Is defined in the Evidence Act to
include all Judges and Magistrates and all persons except arbitrators legally
authorized to take evidence.
17. Provisions
relating to jurisdiction –
(1) No
Court
inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first
class shall try any offence under this Act or the regulations.
(2) No
prosecution for any offence under this Act or the regulations shall be
instituted except by or with the previous sanction of an Inspector.
(3) Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), no
Court shall take cognizance of an offence under this Act or the regulations
unless complaint thereof has been made -
(a) in the
case of an offence punishable with fine -
(i) within
six months from the date of the offence; or
(ii) where
the commission of the offence was not known to the Inspector, within six
months from the first day on which the offence comes to the knowledge of the
Inspector; or
(iii) where
it is not known by whom the offence was committed, within six months from the
first day on which the identity of the offender is known to the Inspector; or
(b) in the
case of an offence punishable with imprisonment -
(i) within
one year from the date of the offence; or
(ii) where
the commission of the offence was not known to the Inspector, within one year
from the first day on which the offence comes to the knowledge of the
Inspector; or
(iii where
it is not known by whom the offence was committed, within six months from the
first day on which the identity of the offender is known to the Inspector.
Explanation
- For the purposes of this section, in the case of a continuing offence a
fresh period of limitation shall begin to
run at every moment of the time during which the offence continues.
Comment
Jurisdiction – It is well recognised that the Courts adhere firmly to the
wide meaning of “jurisdiction’ since this is the sheet anchor of
power to correct abuses.
18. Provision
regarding fine - Notwithstanding
anything contained in Sec. 29 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of
1974), it shall be lawful for a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Magistrate of
the first class to pass a sentence of fine exceeding five thousand rupees
authorised by this Act or the regulations on any person convicted of any
offence thereunder.
19. General
provision for punishment for other offences - Any person who contravenes any provision of this Act
shall, if no other penalty is provided for such contravention under this Act,
be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
20. Power
to make rules - The appropriate
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules
consistent with this Act for all or any of the following purposes, namely:
(a) the
manner in which an Inspector is to exercise the powers conferred upon him
under this Act;
(b) the
inspection of premises of ships where any dock work is carried on;
(c) the
manner of services of orders made under this Act;
(d) the
term of office and other conditions of service of members of Advisory
Committee, the manner of filling vacancies among, and the procedure to be
followed in, the discharge of their functions under sub Sec.(5) of Sec. 9;
(e) the
procedure at Inquiries under Sec. 10; and
(f) any other matter which Is to be provided for by rules
under this Act.
Comment
Rules - Whether validly framed - The question whether rules are validly framed to
carry out the purposes of the Act can be determined on the analysis of the
provisions of the Act.
21. Power
to make regulations - The
appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make
regulations consistent with this Act for providing for the safety, health and
welfare of dock workers.
(2) Such
regulations may provide for all or any of the following purposes, namely :
(a) providing
for the general requirement relating to the construction, equipping and
maintenance for the safety of working places on shore, ship, dock, structure
and other places at which any dock work is carried on;
(b) providing
for the safety of any regular approaches over a dock, wharf, quay or other
places which dock workers have to use for going for work and for fencing of
such places and projects;
(c) providing
for the efficient lighting of all areas of dock ship any other vessel, dock
structure or working places where any dock work Is carried on and of all
approaches to such places to which dock workers are required to go in the course
of their employment;
(d) providing
and maintaining adequate ventilation and suitable temperature in every
building or an enclosure on ship where dock workers are employed;
(e) providing
for fire and explosion prevention and protection;
(f) providing
for safe means of access to ships, holds, stagings, equipment, lifting
appliances and other working places;
(g) providing
for the safety of workers engaged In the opening and closing of hatches,
protection of ways and other openings in the dock, which may be dangerous to
them;
(h) providing
for the safety of workers on docks from the risk of falling overboard being
struck by cargo during loading or unloading operations;
(i) providing for
the construction, maintenance and use of lifting and other cargo handling
appliances and services, such as, pallets containing or supporting loads and
provision of safety appliances on them, If necessary;
(j) providing
for the safety of workers employed In freight container terminals or other
terminals for handling unitized cargo;
(k) providing
for the fencing of machinery, live electrical conductors, steam pipes and
hazardous openings;
(l) providing
for the construction, maintenance and use of staging;
(m) providing
for the rigging and use of ship’s derricks;
(n) providing
for the testing, examination, inspection and certification as appropriate of
loose gears including chains and ropes and of slings and other lifting
devices used in dock work;
(o) providing
for the precautions to be taken to facilitate escape of workers when employed
in a hold, bin, hopper or the like or between decks of a hold while handling
coal or other bulk cargo;
(p) providing
for the measures to be taken in order to prevent dangerous methods of working
in the stacking, unstacking, stowing and unstowing of cargo or handling in connection therewith;
(q) providing
for the handling of dangerous substances and working in dangerous or harmful
environments and the precautions to be taken In connection with such
handling;
(r) providing
for the work in connection with cleaning, chipping, painting operations and
precautions to be taken in connection with such work;
(s) providing
for the employment of persons for handling cargo, handling appliances, power
operated hatch covers or other power operated ship’s equipment, such
as, door in the hull of a ship, ramp, retraceable car deck or similar
equipment or to give signals to the drivers of such machinery;
(t) providing
for the transport of dock workers;
(u) providing
for the precautions to be taken to protect dock workers against harmful
effects of excessive noise, vibrations and air pollution at the work place;
(v) providing
for protective equipment or protective clothing;
(w) providing
for the sanitary, washing and welfare facilities;
(x) providing
for
(i) the
medical supervision:
(ii) the ambulance rooms, first
aid and rescue facilities and arrangements for the removal of dock workers to
the nearest place of
treatment;
(iii) the safety and health organization; and
(iv)
the training
of dock workers and for the obligations and rights of the dock workers for
their safety and health at the work place;
(y)
providing for
the Investigation of occupational accidents, dangerous occurrences and
diseases, specifying such diseases and the forms of notices, the persons and
authorities to whom they are to be furnished, the particulars to be contained
in them and the time within which they are to be submitted; and
(z)
providing for the
submission of statement of accidents, man days lost, volume of cargo handled
and particulars of dock workers.
(3) The regulations made
under this section may -
(a) provide
for the circumstances in which and the conditions subject, to which,
exemptions from any of the regulations made under this section may be given
specifying the authorities who may grant such exemptions and regulating their
procedure; and
(b) make special provision to meet the special requirement of
any particular port or ports.
(4) In
making a regulation under this section, the appropriate Government may direct
that a breach thereof shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five thousand
rupees, or with both, and, if the breach Is continued after conviction, with
a further fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for each day on which
the breach Is so continued.
22. General provision relating
to rules and regulations - (1) The
power to make rules and regulations conferred by Sees. 20 and 21 is subject to
the condition of the rules and regulations being made after previous
publications.
(2) The
date to be specified In accordance with Cl. (3) of
Sec. 23 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), as that after which a
draft of rules or regulations proposed to be made will be taken under
consideration, shall not be less than forty-five days from the date on which
the draft of the proposed rules or regulations Is published for general
information.
(3) Every
rule and every regulation made under this Act by the Central Government shall
be laid, as soon as may be after It is made, before each House of Parliament,
while It is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be
comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, arid if, before
the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive
sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule
or regulation or both Houses agree that the rule or regulation should not be
made th rule or regulation shall thereafter have
affect only in such modified form r be of no effect, as the case may be, so,
however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice
to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or regulation, as
the case may be.
(4) Every
rule and every regulation, made under this Act by a State Government shall be
laid, as soon as may be after it Is made, before the State Legislature.
Comment
This
section makes general provision relating to rules and regulations and lays
down that every rule/regulation made by the Central Government shall be laid
before the Parliament and those made by the State Government before the State
Legislature.
23. Amendment
of Act 9 of 1948 - In the Dock
Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act. 1948, in Sec. 3, in
sub-section (2), -
(a) in Cl. (g),
the words “and welfare” shall be omitted;
(b) Clause (I shall be omitted.
24. Repeal
-The Indian Dock Labourers Act, 1934 (19 of 1934), is hereby repealed.
Comment
This
section repeals Act 19 of 1934.
Doctrine of implied repeal - The doctrine of implied repeal is based on the
postulate the Legislature which is presumed to know the existing state of the
law did not intend to create any confusion by retaining conflicting provisions.
Court in applying this doctrine are supposed merely
to give effect to the legislative intent by examining the object arid scope
of the two enactments. But in a conceivable case, the very existence of two
provisions may by itself, and without more, lead to an inference of mutual
irreconcilability if the later set of provisions is by itself a complete code
with respect to the same matter. In such a case the actual detailed
comparison of the two sets of provisions may not be necessary. It is a matter
of legislative Intent that the two sets of provisions were not expected to be
applied simultaneously.
25. Savings - The Indian Dock Labourers
Regulations, 1948 made under Sec. 5 of the Indian Dock Labourers
Act, 1934 (19 of 1934), so, repealed and the Dock Workers (Safety, Health and
Welfare) Scheme, 1961 made under Sec. 4 of the Dock Workers (Regulations of
Employment) Act, 1948 (9 of 1948), shall be deemed to be regulations framed
under this Act and shall be in force unless they are altered or repealed
under this Act.
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