Section 6:
Application of certain Acts to sales promotion employees.
(1) The provisions of the
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923), as in force for the time being, shall apply to, or in
relation to, sales promotion employees as they apply to, or in relation to, workmen within the meaning of
that Act.
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[(2) The provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), as in force for the time being,
shall apply to, or in relation to, sales promotion employees as they apply to, or in relation to, workmen
within the meaning of that Act and for the purposes of any proceeding under that Act in relation to an
industrial dispute, a sales promotion employee shall be deemed to include a sales promotion employee
who has been dismissed, discharged or retrenched in connection with, or as a consequence of, that dispute
or whose dismissal, discharge or retrenchment had led to that dispute.]
(3) The provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948), as in force for the time being,(4) The provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (53 of 1961), as in force for the time being,
shall apply to, or in relation to, sales promotion employees, being women, as they apply to, or in relation
to, women employed, whether directly or through any agency, for wages in any establishment within the
meaning of that Act.
(4) The provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (53 of 1961), as in force for the time being,
shall apply to, or in relation to, sales promotion employees, being women, as they apply to, or in relation
to, women employed, whether directly or through any agency, for wages in any establishment within the
meaning of that Act.
(5) The provisions of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (21 of 1965), as in force for the time being,
shall apply to, or in relation to, sales promotion employees as they apply to, or in relation to, employees
within the meaning of that Act.
(6) The provisions of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (39 of 1972), as in force for the time being,
shall apply to, or in relation to, sales promotion employees as they apply to, or in relation to, employees
within the meaning of that Act.
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[(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-sections,--
(a) in the application of any Act referred to in any of the said sub-sections to sales promotion
employees, the wages of a sales promotion employee for the purposes of such Act, shall be deemed to
be his wages as computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
(b) where an Act referred to in any of the said sub-sections provides for a ceiling limit as to
wages so as to exclude from the purview of the application of such Act persons whose wages exceed
such ceiling limit, such Act shall not apply to any sales promotion employee whose wages as
computed in accordance with the provisions of this Act exceed such ceiling limit.
shall apply to, or in relation to, sales promotion employees as they apply to, or in relation to, employees
within the meaning of that Act.]
Notes:
1. Sub-section (2) shall stand omitted (date to be notified) by Act 46 of 1982, s. 2.
2. Ins. by Act 48 of 1986, s. 4 (w.e.f. 6-5-1987).