THE CINE-WORKERS AND CINEMA THEATRE WORKERS (REGULATION OF 
EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1981 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title, extent and commencement. 
2.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF CINE-WORKERS 

3.  Prohibition of employment of cine-worker without agreement. 
4.  Conciliation officers. 
5.  Duties of conciliation officers. 
6.  Settlement to be binding and to be enforced by the competent authority. 
7.  Constitution of Tribunals. 
8.  Disqualification for the presiding officers of Tribunals. 
9.  Filling of vacancies. 
10.  Finality of orders constituting Tribunals, etc. 
11.  Reference of disputes to Tribunals. 
12.  Procedure and powers of conciliation officers and Tribunals. 
13.  Duties of Tribunals. 
14.  Publication of awards of Tribunals. 
15.  Revision. 
16.  Application of Act 19 of 1952 to cine-workers. 
17.  Penalties. 
18.  Offences by companies. 
19.  Cognizance of offences. 
20.  Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced penalties. 
21.  Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this Chapter. 
22.  Protection of action taken under this Chapter. 
22A. Delegation of powers. 
23.  Power to make rules. 

CHAPTER III 

REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF CINEMA THEATRE WORKERS 

24.  Application of Act 19 of 1952. 
25.  Application of Act 39 of 1972. 

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THE CINE-WORKERS AND CINEMA THEATRE WORKERS (REGULATION OF 
EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1981 

ACT NO. 50 OF 1981 

[24th December, 1981.] 

An Act to provide for the regulation of the conditions of employment of certain cine-workers 

and cinema theatre workers and for matters connected therewith. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title,  extent  and commencement.—(1) This  Act  may  be  called  the  Cine-workers  and 

Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981. 

(2) It extends to the whole of India. 
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the 
Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and 
for different areas.  

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “cinema theatre” means a place which is licensed under Part III of the Cinematograph Act, 
1952 (37 of 1952), or under any other law for the time being in force in a State for the exhibition 
of a cinematograph film; 

(b)  “cinematograph  film”  has  the  same  meaning  as  in  the  Cinematograph  Act,  1952                     

(37 of 1952);  

(c) “cine-worker” means an individual— 

(i)  who  is  employed,  directly  or  through  any  contractor  or  other  person,  in  or  in 
connection  with  the  production  of  a  feature  film  to  work  as  an  artiste  (including  actor, 
musician  or  dancer)  or  to  do  any  work,  skilled,  unskilled,  manual,  supervisory,  technical, 
artistic or otherwise; and 

(ii)  whose  remuneration  with  respect  to  such  employment  in  or  in  connection  with  the 
production  of  such  feature  film  does  not  exceed,  where  such  remuneration  is  by  way  of 
monthly  wages,  a  sum  of  one  thousand  six  hundred  rupees  per  month,  and  where  such 
remuneration is by way of a lump sum, a sum of fifteen thousand rupees; 

(d)  “competent  authority”  means  any  authority  authorised  by  the  Central  Government  by 
notification  in  the  Official  Gazette  to  perform  all  or  any  of  the  functions  of  the  competent 
authority under this Act; 

(e) “contractor” means a person who furnishes or undertakes to furnish cine-workers for being 
employed in or in connection with the production of a feature film, and includes a sub-contractor 
or agent; 

(f) “feature film” means a full length cinematograph film produced wholly or partly in India 
with a format and a story woven around a number of characters where the plot is revealed mainly 
through dialogues and not wholly through narration, animation or cartoon depiction, and does not 
include an advertisement film; 

1. 1st October, 1984, vide notification No. G.S.R. 676(E), dated 21st September, 1984, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 

Part II, sec. 3(i).  

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(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 

(h)  “producer”,  in  relation  to  a  feature  film,  means  the  person  by  whom  the  arrangements 

necessary  for  the  making  of  such  film  (including  the  raising  of  finances  and  engaging             
cine-workers for the making of such film) are undertaken; 

(i) “production”, in relation to a feature film, includes any of the activities in respect of the 

making thereof; 

(j) “Tribunal” means a Cine-workers Tribunal constituted under section 7; 

(k)  “wages”  means  all  emoluments  which  are  payable  to  a  worker  in  accordance  with  the 

terms of the contract of employment in cash, but does not include— 

(i) the cash value of any food concession; 

(ii) any dearness allowance (that is to say, all cash payments, by whatever name called, 
paid to a worker on account of a rise in the cost of living or on account of his being required 
to work in a place other than the place where he is normally residing), house rent allowance, 
overtime allowance, bonus, commission or any other similar allowance payable to the worker 
in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment; 

(iii) any contribution paid or payable by the employer to any pension fund or provident 

fund or for the benefit of the worker under any law for the time being in force; 

(iv) any gratuity payable on the termination of his contract. 

CHAPTER II 

REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF CINE-WORKERS 

3.  Prohibition  of  employment  of  cine-worker  without  agreement.—(1)  No  person  shall  be 

employed as a cine-worker in or in connection with the production of any feature film unless,— 

(a) an agreement in writing is entered into with such person by the producer of such film; or, 
where such person is employed through a contractor or other person, by the producer of such film 
and such contractor or other person; and 

(b) such agreement is registered with the competent authority by the producer of such film. 

(2) Every agreement, referred to in sub-section (1) shall,— 

(a) be in the prescribed form; 

(b) specify the name of and such other particulars as may be prescribed with  respect to, the 

person to whose employment it relates (hereafter in this sub-section referred to as the employee); 

(c) specify the nature of assignment of the employee, his hours of work, the wages and other 
benefits (including benefits by way of provident fund, if any), to which he is entitled; the mode of 
payment  of  such  wages  and  contributions  to  such  provident  fund  and  all  other  terms  and 
conditions of employment; 

(d) include, where such employee is employed through a contractor or other person, a specific 
condition to the effect that in the event of the contractor or other person failing to discharge his 
obligations under the agreement to the employee with respect to payment of wages or any other 
matter, the producer of the film concerned shall be liable to discharge such obligations and shall 
be entitled to be reimbursed with respect thereto by the contractor or other person. 

(3) A copy of the agreement referred to in sub-section (1) with respect to the employment of any 
person as a cine-worker shall, if such person is entitled to the benefits of provident fund under section 
16,  also  be  forwarded  by  the  producer  of  the  film  to  the  Regional  Provident  Fund  Commissioner 
concerned  under  the  Employees’  Provident  Funds  and  Miscellaneous  Provisions  Act,  1952                  
(19 of 1952).  

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4. Conciliation officers.—The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 
appoint  such  number  of  persons  as  it  thinks  fit  to  be  conciliation  officers  charged  with  the  duty  of 
mediating and promoting the settlement of any dispute (hereinafter referred to as the dispute) between 
a cine-worker and the producer of the film in, or in connection with, which he has been employed or 
the contractor or other person through whom he has been so employed, with respect to the terms and 
conditions or termination, of employment of such cine-worker.  

5.  Duties  of  conciliation  officers.—(1)  Where  any  dispute  exists  or  is  apprehended,  the 

conciliation officer may hold conciliation proceedings in the prescribed manner. 

(2) The  conciliation  officer  shall, for the purpose  of bringing  about  a  settlement  of the  dispute, 
without  delay,  investigate  the  dispute  and  all  matters  affecting  the  merits  and  the  right  settlement 
thereof and may do all such things as he thinks fit for the purpose of inducing the parties to come to a 
fair and amicable settlement of the dispute. 

(3) If a settlement of the dispute or of any of the matters in dispute is arrived  at in the course of 
the  conciliation  proceedings,  the  conciliation  officer  shall  send  a  report  thereof  to  the  Central 
Government together with a memorandum of the settlement signed by the parties to the dispute. 

(4) If no such settlement is arrived at, the conciliation officer shall, as soon as practicable, after 
the close of the investigation, send to the Central Government a full report setting forth the steps taken 
by him for ascertaining the facts and circumstances relating to the dispute and for bringing about a 
settlement thereof, together with a full statement of such facts and circumstances and the reasons on 
account of which, in his opinion, a settlement could not be arrived at. 

(5) If, on a consideration of the report referred to in sub-section (4), the Central Government is 
satisfied that there is a case for reference to a Tribunal, it may make such reference under section 11 
and where that Government does not make such a reference, it shall record and communicate to the 
parties concerned its reasons therefor. 

(6) A report under this section shall be submitted within three months of the commencement of 
the  conciliation  proceedings  or  within  such  shorter  period  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Central 
Government: 

Provided that, subject to the approval of the conciliation officer, the time for the submission of the 
report  may  be  extended  by  such  period  as  may  be  agreed  upon  in  writing  by  all  the  parties  to  the 
dispute. 

6.  Settlement  to  be  binding  and  to  be  enforced  by  the  competent  authority.—Every 
settlement arrived at in the course of a concilation proceeding under this Chapter shall be binding on 
all the parties to the dispute and shall not be called in question in any court and it shall be the duty of 
the competent authority to enforce the terms of the said settlement.  

7. Constitution of Tribunals.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official 
Gazette, constitute one or more Tribunals, to be called the Cine-workers Tribunals, with headquarters 
at such place as may be specified in the notification, for the adjudication of disputes relating to any 
matter specified in any agreement of the nature referred to in section 3. 

(2) A Tribunal shall consist of one person only to be appointed by the Central Government. 

(3) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as the presiding officer of a Tribunal unless—  

(a) he is, or has been, or is qualified to be, a Judge of a High Court; or 

(b)  he  has, for a  period  of  not  less than three  years, been  a  District Judge  or  an  Additional 

District Judge; or 

(c) he has held the office of the presiding officer of an Industrial Tribunal constituted under 

the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), for a period of not less than two years. 

(4) The Central Government may, if it so thinks fit, appoint two persons as assessors to advice the 

Tribunal in any proceedings before it. 

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8. Disqualification for the presiding officers of Tribunals.—No person shall be appointed to, or 

continue in, the office of the presiding officer of a Tribunal, if—  

(a) he is not an independent person; or 

(b) he has attained the age of sixty-five years.  

9. Filling of vacancies.—If, for any reason, a vacancy (other than a temporary absence) occurs in 
the office of the presiding officer of a Tribunal, the Central Government shall appoint another person 
in accordance with the provisions of this Act to fill the vacancy, and the proceeding may be continued 
before the Tribunal from the stage at which the vacancy is filled.  

10.  Finality  of  orders  constituting  Tribunals,  etc.—(1)  No  order  of  the  Central  Government 
appointing any person as the presiding officer of a Tribunal shall be called in question in any manner; 
and no act or proceeding before any Tribunal shall be called in question in any manner on the ground 
merely of any defect in the constitution of such Tribunal. 

(2) No settlement arrived at in the course of a conciliation proceeding shall be invalid by reason 

only  of  the  fact  that  such  settlement  was  arrived  at  after  the  expiry  of  the  period  referred  to  in                
sub-section (6) of section 5.  

11. Reference of disputes to Tribunals.—(1) Where, on a consideration of the report referred to 
in sub-section (4) of section 5, the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary so to do, it may, 
by order in writing, refer the dispute or any matter appearing to be connected with, or relevant to, the 
dispute, to a Tribunal for adjudication. 

(2)  Where  in  an  order  referred  to  in  sub-section  (1)  or  in  a  subsequent  order,  the  Central 
Government  has  specified  the  points  of  dispute  for  adjudication,  the  Tribunal  shall  confine  its 
adjudication to those points and matters incidental thereto.  

12.  Procedure  and  powers  of  conciliation  officers  and  Tribunals.—(1)  Subject  to  any  rules 
that may be made in this behalf, a conciliation officer or a Tribunal shall follow such procedure as the 
officer or Tribunal may think fit. 

(2)  A  conciliation  officer  or  a  Tribunal  may,  for  the  purpose  of  inquiry  into  any  existing  or 
apprehended dispute, after giving reasonable notice, enter any premises in the occupation of any party 
to the dispute. 

(3) Every Tribunal shall have the same powers as are vested in a Civil Court under the Code of 

Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), when trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; 

(b) compelling the production of documents and material objects; 

(c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses; and 

(d) in respect of such other matters as may be prescribed; 

and every inquiry or investigation by a Tribunal shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the 
meaning  of  sections  193  and  228  of  the  Indian  Penal  Code  (45  of  1860)  and  the  Tribunal  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  a  Civil  Court  for  the  purposes  of  section  195  and  Chapter  XXVI  of  the  Code  of 
Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974). 

(4)  A  conciliation  officer  may  call  for  and  inspect  any  document  which  he  has  ground  for 
considering  to  be  relevant  to  the  dispute  or  to  be  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  verifying  the 
implementation of any award or carrying out any other duty imposed on him under this Chapter, and 
for the aforesaid purposes, the conciliation officer shall have the same powers as are vested in a Civil 
Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), in respect of compelling the production of 
documents. 

(5) A Tribunal may, if it so thinks fit, appoint one or more persons having special knowledge of 

the matter under consideration as assessor or assessors to advise it in the proceeding before it. 

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(6) A Tribunal may grant to any party to any proceeding before it, such interim or other reliefs 
(whether  subject  to  any  conditions  or  not),  including  stay  of  any  order,  issue  of  any  injunction  or 
direction in regard to payment of wages or other amounts payable under the agreement referred to in 
section  3,  setting  aside  any  unilateral  termination  of  contract  or  the  dismissal  of  a  worker  or 
reinstating a worker, as it deems just and proper in the circumstances of the case:  

Provided  that  the  Tribunal  shall  not  grant  any  such  interim  relief  unless  all  the  parties  to  the 
proceeding have been served with a notice on the application for such interim relief and have been 
given a reasonable opportunity of being heard: 

Provided  further that  the Tribunal  may,  having  regard  to  the  nature  of  the interim  relief  sought 
and the circumstances of the case, pass appropriate orders granting such interim relief as it deems just 
and proper in the circumstances of the case before the notice referred to in the preceding proviso is 
served on the parties to the proceeding: 

Provided also that where the Tribunal makes any order under the proviso immediately preceding, 
it shall record the reasons for making the order before complying with the requirements  specified in 
the first proviso. 

(7) Subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, the awarding of damages in, and the costs 
of, and incidental to, any proceeding before a Tribunal shall be in the discretion of that Tribunal and 
the Tribunal  shall  have  full  power  to  determine  by  and  to  whom  and  to  what  extent  and  subject  to 
what conditions, if any, such damages or costs are to be paid, and to give all necessary directions for 
the  purposes  aforesaid  and  such  damages  or  costs  may,  on  an  application  made  to  the  Central 
Government  by  the  person  entitled,  be  directed  to  be  recovered  by  that  Government  in  the  same 
manner as an arrear of land revenue.  

13.  Duties  of  Tribunals.—Where  a  dispute  has  been  referred  to  a  Tribunal  for  adjudication,  it 
shall  hold  its  proceedings  expeditiously  and  shall  submit  its  award  to  the  Central  Government 
ordinarily within a period of three months from the date on which such industrial dispute is referred to 
it: 

Provided that in computing the period of three months under this section, the period for which the 

proceedings before the Tribunal have been stayed by any injunction or order shall be excluded. 

14. Publication of awards of Tribunals.—(1) Every award of a Tribunal shall, within a period of 
thirty days from the date of its receipt by the Central Government, be published in such manner as that 
Government thinks fit. 

(2) Subject to the provisions of section 15, the award shall be final and binding on all the parties 

to the dispute and shall not be called in question in any Court in any manner whatsoever. 

(3) The award of a Tribunal shall be executed in the same manner as if it were a decree of a Civil 

Court.  

15. Revision.—(1) The High Court may, on the application of any person aggrieved by the award 
of a Tribunal, call for and examine the record of the Tribunal, to satisfy itself as to the regularity of 
the  proceeding  before  such  Tribunal  or  the  correctness,  legality  or  propriety  of  any  award  passed 
therein  and  if,  in  any  case,  it  appears  to  the  High  Court  that  any  such  award  should  be  modified, 
annulled or reversed, it may pass such orders accordingly: 

Provided  that  where  the  presiding  officer  of  the  Tribunal  is  a  Judge  of  a  High  Court,  such 

application shall be heard and disposed of by not less than two Judges of the High Court: 

Provided further that where the award of the Tribunal provides for the payment by the producer of 
any  film  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  the  contractor  or  other  person  of  any  amount  either  by  way  of 
compensation  to  the  cine-worker  or  by  way  of  damages,  no  such  application  by  the  producer, 
contractor or other person shall be entertained by the High Court unless the applicant deposits with 
the High Court or with such other authority as may be prescribed the amount ordered to be paid: 

Provided also that where, in any particular case, the High Court is of opinion that the deposit of 
any  amount  ordered  to  be  paid  would  cause  undue  hardship  to  the  applicant,  the  High  Court  may 

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dispense with such deposit subject to such conditions as it may deem fit to impose so as to safeguard 
the interests of the cine-worker concerned. 

(2)  Every  application  to  the  High  Court  under  sub-section  (1)  shall  be  preferred  within  ninety 

days from the date on which the award was passed by the Tribunal: 

Provided that the High Court may, in its discretion, allow further time not exceeding one month 
for the filing of any such application, if it is satisfied that the applicant had sufficient cause for not 
preferring the application within the time specified in this sub-section. 

(3)  In  this  section,  “High  Court”  means  the  High  Court  within  the  local  limits  of  whose 

jurisdiction, the headquarters of the Tribunal is situated.   

16.  Application  of  Act  19  of  1952  to  cine-workers.—The  Employees’  Provident  Funds  and 
Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, as in force for the time being, shall apply to every cine-worker 
who  has  worked  in  not  less  than  three  feature  films  with  one  or  more  producers,  as  if  such                    
cine-worker were an employee within the meaning of that Act.  

17. Penalties.—(1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 3 shall be punishable with fine 

which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees:  

Provided  that  the  Court  may,  for  any  adequate  and  special  reasons  to  be  mentioned  in  the 

judgment, impose a fine of less than ten thousand rupees. 

(2)  Where  any  person  convicted  of  an  offence  under  sub-section  (1)  is  again  convicted  of  an 
offence under the same provision, he shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than twenty 
thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees: 

Provided  that  the  Court  may,  for  any  adequate  and  special  reasons  to  be  mentioned  in  the 

judgment, impose a fine of less than twenty thousand rupees. 

18.  Offences  by  companies.—(1)  Where  an  offence  under  this  Act  has  been  committed  by  a 
company,  every  person  who,  at  the  time  the  offence  was  committed,  was  in  charge  of,  and  was 
responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, 
shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished 
accordingly: 

Provided  that  nothing  contained  in  this  sub-section  shall  render  any  such  person  liable  to  any 
punishment  if  he  proves  that  the  offence  was  committed  without  his  knowledge  or  that  he  had 
exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence under this Act has 
been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent 
or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or 
other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be deemed to be 
guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.  

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section,— 

(a)  “company”  means  any  body  corporate  and  includes  a  firm  or  other  association  of 

individuals; and 

(b) “director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.  

19.  Cognizance  of  offences.—No  court  shall  take  cognizance  of  any  offence  under  this  Act 
except on a complaint made by, or with the permission in writing of, the Central Government or an 
officer empowered by it in this behalf and no court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a 
Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall try an offence punishable under this Act. 

20. Magistrate’s power to impose enhanced penalties.—Notwithstanding anything contained in 
section  29  of  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure,  1973  (2  of  1974),  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any 
Metropolitan Magistrate or any Judicial Magistrate of the first  class to pass any sentence authorised 
by this Act. 

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21.  Effect  of  laws  and  agreements  inconsistent  with  this  Chapter.—The  provisions  of  this 
Chapter shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law 
for the time being in force or in the terms of any agreement or contract of service. 

22.  Protection  of  action  taken  under  this  Chapter.—(1)  No  suit,  prosecution  or  other  legal 
proceedings shall lie against any competent authority, conciliation officer, or any other employee of 
the  Central  Government  or  the  presiding  officer  of  a  Tribunal,  for  anything  which  is  in  good  faith 
done, or intended to be done, in pursuance of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder. 

(2) No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against  the Central Government for any damage 
caused  or  likely  to  be  caused  by  anything  which  is  in  good  faith  done  or  intended  to  be  done  in 
pursuance of this Act or any rule or notification or order made or issued thereunder. 

1[22A.  Delegation  of  powers.—The  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official 
Gazette, direct that any power exercisable by it under this Act or rules made thereunder (other than 
the powers conferred by this section and section 23) shall, in relation to such matters and subject to 
such  conditions,  if  any,  as  may  be  specified  in  the  notification,  be  exercisable  also  by  the  State 
Government or by such officer or authority subordinate to the State Government as may be specified 
in the notification.] 

23.  Power  to  make  rules.—(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official 

Gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Chapter. 

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a)  the  form  in  which  an  agreement  may  be  entered  into  by  a  producer  with  a  cine-worker 

under section 3 and the other conditions of employment; 

(b)  the  manner  in  which  proceedings  may  be  held  by  a  conciliation  officer  under                       

sub-section (1) of section 5; 

(c) the procedure to be followed by a conciliation officer or Tribunal under section 12; 

(d) the matters referred to in clause (d) of sub-section (3) of section 12; 

(e)  the  damages  or  costs  that  may  be  awarded  by  a  Tribunal  under  sub-section  (7)  of              

section 12;  

(f) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed. 

(3) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Chapter shall be laid, as soon as may 
be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty 
days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the 
expiry  of  the  session  immediately  following  the  session  or  the  successive  sessions  aforesaid,  both 
Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be 
made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case 
may  be;  so,  however,  that  any  such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be  without  prejudice  to  the 
validity of anything previously done under that rule. 

CHAPTER III 

REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF CINEMA THEATRE WORKERS 

24.  Application  of  Act  19  of  1952.—The  provisions  of  the  Employees’  Provident  Funds  and 
Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, as in force for the time being, shall apply to every cinema theatre 
in  which  five  or  more  workers  are  employed  on  any  day,  as  if  such  cinema  theatre  were  an 
establishment  to  which  the  aforesaid  Act  had  been  applied  by  a  notification  of  the  Central 
Government under the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 1 thereof, and as if each such worker were 
an employee within the meaning of that Act. 

1. Ins. by Act 35 of 1988, s. 2 (w.e.f. 12-4-1988). 

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25. Application of Act 39 of 1972.—The provisions of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, as in 
force for the time being, shall apply to or in relation to, every worker employed in a cinema theatre in 
which  five  or  more  workers  are  employed  or  were  employed  on  any  day  of  the  preceding  twelve 
months, as they apply to, or in relation to, employees within the meaning of that Act. 

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