Employees State Insurance (Extension to the Tribal Areas of Meghalaya) Act, 1998
No: 2 Dated: Jan, 27 1999
THE EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE (EXTENSION TO THE TRIBAL AREAS OF MEGHALAYA), ACT, 1998
ACT NO. 2 OF 1999
An Act to amend the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 to the tribal areas of Meghalaya
WHEREAS, because of the historical and constitutional position of the tribal areas of Meghalaya the application of the Employees’ State Insurance Act (Central Act 34 of 1948) in those areas has been in doubt.
AND WHEREAS, it is desirable that the Act which is social security enactment should uniformly apply in the whole of the State of Meghalaya including the areas now forming the tribal areas.
AND WHEREAS, to extend the Act to the tribal areas of the State a suitable legislation is necessary.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya in the Forty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and Commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Employees State Insurance (Extension to the Tribal Areas of Meghalaya) Act, 1998.
(2) It shall come into force with immediate effect.
2. Definition:- In this Act.
(a) ‘Act' means the Employees State Insurance Extension to the Tribal Areas of Meghalaya) Act, 1998.
(b) ‘EISA’ means the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1984 (Central Act 34 of 1948) and.
(c) ‘Tribal Areas’ means the areas in Meghalaya as specified in Part II of the Table appended to paragraph 20 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India.
3. Extension of Central Act Act 34 of 1948 to the Tribal Areas:- The EISA shall extend to and come into force in the tribal areas will immediate effect.
4. Validation of action taken before the application of the Act:- Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 of this act no action taken or proceeding initiated under the provisions of the EISA in any part of the tribal areas before the commencement of this Act shall be invalid merely by reason that the EISA as so extended and brought into force by this Act would have had a prospective application.
L.M.SANGMA
Under Secretary to the Govt. Of Meghalaya,
Law (B) Department.