Act Number: 28

Act Name: The Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996

Year: 1996

Enactment Date: 1996-08-19

Long Title: An Act to provide for the levy and collection of a cess on the cost of construction incurred by employers with a view to augmenting the resources of the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards constituted under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 2: Definitions.
    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
         (a) "Board" means a Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board constituted by a State Government under sub-section (1) of section 18 of the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (27 of 1996);
         (b) "Fund" means the Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Fund constituted by a Board;
         (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
         (d) words and expressions used herein but not defined and defined in the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (27 of 1996) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.
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