Act Number: 31

Act Name: The Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Act, 1997

Year: 1997

Enactment Date: 1997-08-18

Long Title: An Act to provide for inapplicability of the Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 to dock workers of major port trusts and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Shipping

Department:

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
         (a) "appointed day", in relation to a major port, means the date specified under section 3 for that major port;
         (b) "Board" has the same meaning as in the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 (38 of 1963);
         (c) "Dock Labour Board" means a Dock Labour Board established under section 5A of the Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 (9 of 1948);
         (d) "major port" has the same meaning as in the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (15 of 1908).
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