Section Text
Assam) Act, 1980, shall have effect as if, -
(a) inspection 2-,-
(1) in sub-section (1),-
(i) clause (a) had been omitted;
(ii) for clause (b), he following clauses had been substituted, namely:-
(b) "essential service" means -
(i) any transport service for the carriage of passengers or goods, by land or water, with respect to which the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam has power to make laws:
(ii) any service connected with the production storage supply or distribution, as the case may be of gas or water;
(iii) any service connected with the maintenance of public health and sanitation, including hospitals and dispensaries;
(iv) any public services and posts in connection with the affire of the State, and also persons appointed to the secretarial staff of the Legislative Assembly of the State Assam;
(v) any other service or employment or class there of, connected with matters with respect to which the Legislative Assembly of the State of Assam has power to make laws and which the State Government being of opinion that strikes therein would prejudicially effect the maintenance of any public utility service the public safety or the maintenance of the supplies and services necessary for the life of the community or would result in the infliction of grave hardship on the community, may, by notification in the Official Gazetee declare to be an essential service for the purposes of this Act.
(bb) "State Government" means the State Government of Assam;
(2) in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets and figures "under sub-clause (xiv)", the words, brackets and figures "under sub-clause (v)" had been substituted;
(b) in section 3 and 9, for the words "appropriate Government", wherever they occur, the words "State Government" had been substituted.