Act Number: 45

Act Name: The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955

Year: 1955

Enactment Date: 1955-12-20

Long Title: An Act to regulate certain conditions of service of working journalists and other persons employed in newspaper establishments.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 8: Fixation or revision of rates of wages.
1[8.Fixation or revision of rates of wages.--(1) The Central Government may, in the manner hereinafter provided,--
         (a) fix rates of wages in respect of working journalists;
         (b) revise, from time to time, at such intervals as it may think fit, the rates of wages fixed under this section or specified in the order made under section 6 of the Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958 (29 of 1958).
     (2) The rates of wages may be fixed or revised by the Central Government in respect of working journalists for time work and for piece work.i]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 65 of 1962, s. 4, for sections 8 to 13 (w.e.f. 15-1-1963).
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