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 6: Power to exempt.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt any employer or class of employers in a State from the payment of cess payable under this Act where such cess is already levied and payable under any corresponding law in force in that State.
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