 aim he 137 ef  the dock workers (regulation of employmen1') amendment bill, 1980 a billfurther to amend the dock workers (regulation of i:mploym8ftt) act, 1948 bt: it enacted by parliament in the thirtyfil'st yeai' of tile republic of india as fbl1-bws:-1 this act may be oalled the dock workers (regulation of employ-short meat) amendment act, 1980 title ii of 1948 s 2 in sectioa 3 of the dock workers (regu19tion of employment) ammtt ad, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), after cla~se (f) ment ot of sub-aecuon (2), the fouowing clause shall be inserted and shall be section 3 deemed always to have been inserted, namely:-10 "(ft) for creatiag such fund or funds as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the scheme and for the administration of such fund or funds;·· 3 every fund created or purporting to have been created and every valida provision with respect thereto made or purporting to have been made tion under the principal act before the commencement of this act shall, 'for 15 all purposes, be deemed to be, and to have always been, as validly and effectively created or made as if the provisions of section 3 of the principal act, as amended by this act, heq ~~en ~n tqrce at all matej;'ial tim~ and , accordingly, notwithstanding any judgment, decree or order of any court,-(a) all contributions to any such 'fund received or collected before the commencement of this act shall be deemed to be and shall be deemed always to have been as validly received or collected bs if s the provisions of section 3 of the principal act, as amended by this act, were in force at all material times; (b) no suit or other proceeding shall be maintained or continued in any court for the refund of, and no enforcement shall be made by any court of any decree or order directing the refund of, any such 10 contribution which had been received or collected and which would have been validly received or collected if the provisions of section 3 'of the principal act, as amended by this act, had been in force at all material times; (c) recoveries shall be made of all contributions to any such is funds which have not been received or collected but which would have been received or collected if the provisions of section 3 of the principal act, as amended by this act, had been in force at all material times explanation~for the removal of doubts it is hereby declared that no 20 act or omission on the part of any person, before the commencement of this act, shall be punishable as an offence which would not have been so punishable if this act had not come into force 4 sub-section (3) of section 8 of the principal act shall be omitted amendmentof section s 5 after section 8 of the principal act, the following section shall be 25 inserted, namely:-insertion of new section sa schemes and rules to be laid before parlia_ ment "sa every scheme and every rule made· under this act by the central government 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 30 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 modiflcation in the foicheme or rule or both houses agree that the scheme or rule should not be made, the scheme or rule shall thereafter have effect only 35 in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; 80, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that scheme or rule"  statement of objects and reasonsthe dock workers (regulation of employment) act, 1948 does not contain any express provision authorising the dock labolll' boarcm established thereunder to create funds and administer them for the welfare of dock workers and other purposes the committee on subordinate legislation of the fifth lok sabha in its twelfth report recommended that the act may be amended so as to provide therein an express provision for the aforesaid purpose as the dock labour boards are already maintaining such funds for the purpose of administering dock workers (regulation of employment) schemes, it is proposed to regularise such funds and also to authorise the dock labour boards to create such founds in future 2 as recommended by the committee on subordinate legislatio:l of the sixth lok sabha in its seventh report, it is also proposed to make a provision in the act for laying of schemes framed thereunder before parliament opportunity is being taken to bring the rule laying provision in conformity with the recommendation of the committee on subordinate legislation 3 the bill seeks to achieve the above objects new delhi; the 3rd july, 1980 a p sharma  memorandum regarding delegated legislationcjauae 2 of the bill sew to amend section 3 of the principal act to provide, in accordance with the recommendation of the committee on subordinate legislation af the sixth lok sabha, that a scheme framed under the act may provide for the creation of such fund or funds as may be nec:essal'y or expedient for the purposes of the scheme and for the administration of such fund or funds this pertains to a matter of detail further, according to new section sa as proposed to be inserted by clause 5 of the bill in the principal act, all schemes and rules made under the act have to be laid before each house of parliament 2 the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character  annexure extracts from 'me dock workers (regulation of employment) act, 1948(901' 1946) - - - - - - 3 (1) - - • - - (2) in particular, a scheme may provide-- - - - - scheme for ensuring regular employ_ ment of workers 8 (1)              -                               -                                               -                                                               -                                                                               -                                                                                                - power to make rules    (3) every rule made under this section by the central government 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 successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, 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 pre-viously done under that rule         -                     -                                 -                                              -                                                          - a  billfurther to amend the dock workers (regulation of employment) act, 1948 (shri a p sharma, minister of shipping and 7'tampott) 