 the cin& wjrkers \nd cinema theatre im)rksrs (regulation of employment) bill, 1981(to be/as introdilced in 10k sabha~ 1 page (i), against 'clause no6,-fol: "shall" occurring at both the places read' "to" 2 page ·4, line 49,-after "as" insert "may" 3 page 5~ in the marginal heading to clause 6,-!q1: "shall" occurring at both the places '~ "to" 4  page 5, line 1',-w ,"or qualified" mad "0 r is qualified" 5 page 12, line 14 from bottom,-  fqr iiconciliaion" ~ "con'cilia tion" new delhi; ,  bid no, 124 gf 1181 fi ,1 i eie cine-workeas and cinema thea11te wd~ers (regulation of employment) bill, 1981 arrangement of clauses chapter i -u17sbs1 short title, extent and comme~cempnt 2 definitions  chapter ii rl:gulation of employment of cine-workbrs3 prohibition of employment of cine-worker without agreement 4 conciliation officers it duties of conciliation officers 6 settlement shall be binding and shall be enforced by the competent authority 7 constitution of tribunals 8 disqualification for the presiding officers df tribunals 9 fillfng of vacancies 10 finality of orders constituting tribunals, etc 11 reference of disputes to tribunals 12 procedure and t;?owers of conciuatlon of'bcers anc! 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  clauses19 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 23 power to exempt in special cases 24 power te make rules  chapter iii luaulatiolf of d4l"loyment ar cnn:ma thza'l"d woiikd825 application of act 19 of 1952 26 application of act 39 of 1972  (regulation of employment) bill, 1981 billto provide for the regulation of the conditidnb of employment 01 certain cine-workers and cinema theatre worker, cmc:e for matters connected therewith be it enacted by parliament in tj:1e thirty-second year of the republic of india as follows:- chapter i preliminary5 1 (1) this act may be called the cine-workers and cinema sharum  theatre workers (regulation of employment) act, 1981 extent ad coiddl8dee (2) it extends to the whole of india medt (3) it shan corne into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint; 10 and different dates may be appointed for di1!erent provisions of this act and for different areas z in this act, unless the aontext otherwise requires,-deftnitions (a) "cinema theatre" means a place which is licenaed under part iii of the cinematograph act, 1952, or under 37 of 1_ any other law for the time being in force in a state for the exhibition of n cinematograph film; s (b) "cinematograph film" has the same meaning as in the cinematograph act, 1952; 37 ot 1_ (c) "cine-worker" means an individual-(i) who is employed, directly or through any cod-tractor or other person, in or in connection with the 10 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 is employment in or in connection with the production of such feature film does not exceed, where such remuderation is by way of monthly wages, a sum of one thousand rupees per month, and where such remuneration is by way of a lump sum, a sum of five thousand2o rupees; (d) "competent authority" means any authority authorised by the central government by notulcation in the official gazette to /perform all or any of the functions of the competent authority unner this act; gs (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 ft1m, and includes a sub-contractor or agent; (j) "feature film" means a full length cinematograph 30 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 doe8 not include an advertisement film; 3s (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; (h) "producer", in relation to a feature film, mean: the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the malting of such film (including the raising of finances and eil- 40 gaging cine-workers for the making of such fum) are undertaken; (~) "production", in relation to a feature film, includes any of the activities in respect of the making thereof; i (j) "tribunal" means a cine-workers tribunal const!- 4' tuted under section 7; (k) "wages" means all emoluments which are payable to a worker jn accordance with the terms of the contrut of' employment in cash, but does not include-(i) the' cash value of any foocl eonc!els'iod; (ii) any dearness allowance (that is to say, all cash 'payments, by whatever name called, ~aid 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 5 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; 10 (iii) any contribution paid or payable by the employer to any i?ension 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 is his contract  chapter n regulation of employment of cine-woilkbrs3, (1) no person shall be employed as a cine-worker in or in connection with the production of any ,feature 1lhn unless,-prohi1ition of employment of cine-worker without agreement 20 (0) an agreement in writing is entered into with such person by the producer of s'uch film; or, where such penon is employed through a contractor or other person, by the , producer of such film and such contractor or other person; and 2s (b) such agreement is registered with the competent authority by t~e producer of such film (2) every agreement, referred to in sub-section (1) shall,-(0) be in the prescribed form; (b) specify the name of and such other partlculan u may be prescribed with respect to, the person to whose employment it relates (hereafter in this sub-eection referred to as the employee); 3s (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 contribu-,tions to such provldent fund and all other terms and conditions of employment; , 45 (d) include, where such employee is employed through a contractor or other person, a specific condition to the eftect 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-aeetion (1) with respect to the employment of any person 8s a cineworker shall, if such person is entitled to the benefits of provident tund under secuon lti, also be 1orwarc1ed by tne pl"ouucer of the blm to the j:teglonal provident }4~wld commissioner cod-cerned under the ~mployees' provlaellt ~'unds ana miscellaneous provlblons act, 1952 4 the central government may, by notifieatiod in the offimal lfazette, appolilt sucn number of persons as i\ thidka at to be concu18tlon olllcers cnarged wltn tne duty of meolatmg and promoung the settlement of any diipute (heremafwr re1erred to as the dispute) between a cme-worlter ana the pro- 10 dueer of tbe tilm in, or in connection wnb, wblcb he has been empjoyed or the contractor or otner persoll ~nrougb whom he bas deen so employed, with respect to tne terms and conditi0d8 or termmauon, 01 employment of such cme-wor:ker i (1) where any dispute exists or is appreilended the cod- 15 ciliatiod otticer may bola concwanon pl'oceedlngs in the prescribed madder (2) the conciliatiod officer sball, for the purpose of bridjing about a settlement of the dlspute, without ae!ay, lilvestigate tne 20 wspute and au matters atlectmg the merits ana the rlgnt settlement l1lereof and may cw all such ttungs at; he ~ iit jar tue purpose 01 induclilg the partles to come to a fair and amicadle settlement of the ~pute (3) if a settlement 01 the c;iispute or of any of the ma~ers 25 in chspute is arrived at in the course of the conciliation proceedings, the conciliation officer shall send a report thereot to the central government together with a memoramrum of the settlement slgned by the parties to the dispute (4) if no such setuement is arrived at, the conciliation officer 30 shall, as soon as practicable, after the close of the investigation send to the central government a full report setting forth the jteps taken by him for ascertaining the facts a1u\ circumstances relating to the dispute and for bridging about a settlement thereof, together with a full statement of such facta and dr- 3s eumstances and the reasons on account of which, in his opinion, a settlement could dot be arrived at (s) if, od a constderation of the report reierred to in subsection' (4), the central government is satisfied that thel'e ia a 40 case for reference to a tribunal, it may make such reference under section 11 anc\ where that government does dot make ituch a reference, it shall record and communicnte to the parties concerned its reasona therefor (6) a report under this section shall be submitted within 4s 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 50 ofti~' the ti~e for the submission of the report may be extended by h penod as i,_ti be agreed upon in writing by an the parti~ 0 the dispu\tlit t every settlement arrived at in the course of a conciliation proceeding under this chapter snall be binding on all the parties to the diapute and shall not be called in question in any court and it shall be the duty of the competent authority to 5 enforce the terms of the said settlement s,ettlement shall be bincijne and shau be enforced by the competent· aufihority constitution of tribunals '1 (1) the central govemment may, by notification in the 0ileia1  guette, constitute one or more tribunals, to be caned the cbae-workers tribunals, with headquarters at such place as may he speci1ied 1n the notification, for the adjudication ot i 0 disputes relating to any matter speeiled in , a,reemedt of the nature referred to in section 3 (2) a tribunal shall consist of one person only to be appointed by the central govemment (3) a person shall not be qualified for appointment as the 15 presiding officer of a trib1dlal unless-(a) he is, or has been, or qualified to be, a judge of a high court; or  (ib) he has, for a period of not less than three years, heen a district judge or an additional district judce; or 20 (c) he has held the oftlce of the presiding oflleer of 1 of in7 an iddustrlal tribunal constituted under the industrial disputes act, 1947, for a period of not less than two years (4) '1'he central government may, if it so thinks fit, appoint two persons as assessors to advise the tribunal in any proceed-ings before it 25 s no person shall be :'li'lpointed to or rotltlnue in, the offtce of the presiding officer of a tribunal if-disqualmcation for the presiding ofb-cers of trl bunal • (a) he is not an fndmendent person; or (b) he has attained the age of sixty-five years filling of vaeanci • finality of orden ~ tutin, tribunals, etc 30 9 if, for any reason, a vacancy (other than a temporarv absence) occurs in the office of the nrpsi('hn~ officet' of a tri-hunal the central government shall anpoint anl')ther per!!on in accortfllnce with the provisions of this act to fill the vacl'lncv, rnd the "roceedin~ mav be c(')ntinue~ before the tribunal from - the stat;!e at which the vacancy is filled 3~  10, (1) no order of the central sovernment qn'dointing any person as the presidin~ offieer of a tribunal sbslll de! called in (fueo!iltfon in anv manner; and no act or proceedinl! before any trihunal shall be called in question in gnv manner on the ~ m'ound merely of any defect in the constitution of such tri-40 bunal -refereace of dispute to tribudals (2) no settlflm'1ent arriveri at in the roursp of a concilfatfon p1"o"eeriing shall be invaliri hv remon onlv of th", fact tllal ~eh settlement was arrived at after the expiry cit the period referred to in sub-section (6) of section 5 45 11 (n where on a ('n"si~erqtion (')1 the remrt referred to fn ~'nb~ertfon (4) of section 5 the centt-al gnvemment is satfsaed that it is nece"ssarv so to do it may, bv order in w"ittn~, refer the dispute or any matter apnearinlt to be connected with, or relevant to, the d:ls-pute, to a 't'rlbunal for a"rijudicatfon so (!) where in an order ref~rred tp in ~ub-sectton (1) of in a ii\1bsequent order, the central government has ~ectftect the pemts of dispute for adjudication, the tribunal shall conftne ita adjudication to those points and matters incidental thereto procedure and powers of ooncntation oftlcers add tribunals i of 1908 12 (1) subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, a conciliation officer or a tribunal shall follow such procedure s 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 apprehenried dispute, after giving reasonable notice, enter any premises 1n the ooc1lqation of iatiy party to the dispate r 0 (3) every ti:ibunal shall have the same powers as a~ vested in 8 civil court under the code of civil procedure, 1908, when trying a suit, in respect of the following mattel'j· namely:-(a) enforcing the attendance of any penon anoaa" 15 mining him on oath i (b) compelling the production of doeumentl' 8iici m,aterial objects; (c) issuing commissions for the examination of· witnesses; and ~o (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· p1:oceeding within the meanlng of 45 ell 1880 sections 193 and 228 of the indian penal code and the tribunal 25  shall be neemed to be a civil court for the purposes of section 195 and chapter xxvi of the code of criminal procedure, 2 of 1174 1973 (4) a conciliation officer may call for and inspect any document which he has ground for considering to be relevant to 30 the dispute or to be necessary for the purpose of verifying the implementation of any award or carrying out any other duty imposeit on him under this chapter, and for the aforesaid t;lurposes, the conciliation officer shall have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the code of civil proce- 35 dure, 1908, in respect of compelling the pl'oduction of doeu-5 of ::908 menta   (5)· a tribunal may, if it so thinks fit, aopoint one or more persons having special knowledge of the matter under eonsi- j;;:j ~eration as assessor or asseasors to advise it in the pl'oceeding 40 befoile ft (6) a tribunal may grant to anv party to any pl'oceedfi1g' before· it, such interim or other reliefs (whether subject to any c~djtions or not), including stay of any order, issue of· any injunction or direction in re~ard to "ayment of wages or other 45 amounts payable under the a~eement referred to in section· 3, settin~ aside any unilateral termination of contract or the ·drsmissal 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 50 relief unless all the parties to the proceeding have been served with a· notf~e on the application for such interim reuef and have been give~ a rc~onable opportunity of bei"g heard; , provided further that the tribunal may, having regard to 'the nature of the interim relief sought and the circumstances pf the case, pass appropriate orders granting such interim relief as it· deems just and proper in the circumstances of the case s 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 thp proviso immediately preceding, it shall record the reasons fl)r making the order befol'e complying with the re-10 quirements specified in the first proviso (7) subject to any rules that may be made in this behai:t, 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 is 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 j2(j) to be recovered by that government in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue duties of tribunals 13, where a dispute has been referred to a tribunal tor adjudication, it shall hold its prqceedings expeditiously and shall submit its award to the central government ordinarily 5 within a period of three months from the date on which sucii publication of awards of tribunals 2 industrial dispute is referred to it: provided that in computing the period of three months under this section, the period for which the proceeaings before the tribunal have been stayed by any injunction or order shall 30 be excluded 14 (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 35 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 40 manner as it it were a decree of a civil court 15 (1) the high court may, on the application of any revision 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 awar~ passed therein and if, 4,5 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: providpd that where the presiding officer of the tribunal is a judge of a high court, such application shall be heard 50 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 fum or, 88 the ~ase may be, the contractor or other person of anyamowlt either by· way 'of compensation to the cine-worker or by way 'of damages, no such application by the produ~er, contractor (jr 5 other person sholl be entertained by the high court unless the applicant deposits with the high court or with such ot~er t:uthority as may be prescribed the amount ordered to be patd: provided also that where, in any particular case, the high court is of opinion that the deposit of any amount j 0 erdered to be paid would cause undue hardship to the applicant, the high co"jrt may dispense with such deposit subject to such conditions as it may deem fit to impose 80 as to safeguard the interests of the cine-worker concerned (2) every application to the high court under bub-section is (1) shall be preferred within ninety days from the date on which the award was passed b~ 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 sum- ito cient cause f01; 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, 1t5 application of act 19 of 1952 to cineworkers 16 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 five feature films with one or more producers,as if such cine-worker were an employee within the meaning of that 30 act pemtltles 17 (1) whoever contravenes the provisions of section 3 shall be punishable with fine wh~h shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees: 35 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 subsection (1) is again convicted of an offence under the same 40 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 le8845 than twenty thousand rupees· o1!ences by companies 18 (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 tbe co$ct of the business of the company, asweu 50 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 5 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), wnere auy oftmce under this act has been committed by a 10 company and it is proved that the offence has been committed wi'th the consent or connivance of, or '; attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary ot other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and 15 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 associ'ation of individuals; and !20 (b) "director", in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm cognizance of offences 18 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 !25 by it in this behalf and no court inferior to that of a metropolitan magistrate or a judicial mag:strate of the first class shall try an offence punishable under thi~ act magistrate's power to im pose enhanced penalties 20 notwithstanding anythin~ contained in section 29 of the code of criminal pro~edure 1973 it shall be lawful for any 30 metropolitan magistrate or any judicial ma~strate of the first class to pass any sentence authorised by this act effect of baw8 and agreements inconsistent with thic; chapter; protection of action taken under this chapter 21 the provisions of this chapter shall have effect n9twith" standing anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law tor the time being in force or in the terms of any 35 agreement ~r contract of service n (1) no spit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall he against any competent authority, conciliation officer, or any other employee of the central government or the presiding officer of a tribunal, tor anything which is in good 'faith done, 40 or intended to be done, in pursuance of this act or any rule or order made thereunder (2) no sui't 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 falth done or intended to be done in pursuance of this act or any rule or notification 45 or order made or issued thereunder 23 (1) the central government may, by notificatfon in the official gazette, and subject to such conditions and restrictions, power to exempt in specra! cases power too make rules if any, and for such period or periods as may ~ specified i~ the notification direct that all or any of the provisions· of this chapter or the'rules 'made thereunder shall not apply to, or in relation to any class of cine-workers or the production of any feature fil~ if that government is satisfied that it is just and 5 proper so to do having regard to the contents of any feature film or the objects for which such film is produced and all other relevant circumstances (2) every notification issued under sub-section (1) shall, as soon as may be, s'fter it is issued, be laid before each house cff' 10 parliament 24 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisiollts of this chapter (2) in particular, and without prejudice to the gnerality 15 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; 20 (b) the manner in which proceedings may be helel bya conciliation officer under sub-section (1) of section 5; (e) the procedure to be followed by a concilfation officer or tribunal under section 12; (d) the matters referred to in clause (d) of sub-section 25 (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') (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 sessfon or in two or more successive sessions,· and if, before the expiry of the 35 sess;on immediately followi'ng the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the ruie should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modifled forin or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however that¥> any such modific'btion or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously ~one under that rule  chapter m regulation of' e:mployment of cinema 'l'\heatre workers25 the proviosions of the employees' provt'dent funds and 45 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 <m any day, as i'f such cinema theatre application of act 190f 1952 were an establishment to which the aforesaid act had been applied by a notification of the central government under subsection (3) of section 1 thereof, and as if each such worker were an employee within the meaning of that act 5 26 the provisions of the payment of gratuity act, 1972, as application of in force for the time being, shall apply to and in relation to, act 39 of urn every worker employed in a cinema theatre in which five or more workers are employed or were employed on any day of to the preceding twelve months, as they apply to, or in relatioll to, employees within the meaning of that act  statement of objects and reasonsexisting labour laws do not provide necessary safeguards to low paid artistes and technicians engaged in the production of feature ftlms with regard to their terms and conditions of employment, payment of wages and provision at other amenities employees of cinema theatres are generally not provided with facilities, such as, gratuity and provident fund it is, therefore, ~roposed to make suitable provisions with respect to these matters the following are the salient features of the bill:-(i) the bill would cover all cine-workers as defined therein, ie, an individual who i~ 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 and whose remuneration with respect to such employment does not exceed, where such remuneration is by way of monthly wages, a ·sum of one tho'usand rupees per month and where such remuneration is by way of a lump sum, a sum of five thousand rupees (ii) every producer of a feature film, before engaging cineworkers mentioned above, will be requirea to enter into a written agreement with each one of them in the prescribed form and the agreement shall be registered with the competent authority notified under the law and where the worker is entitled to the benefits of provident fund under the proposed legislation, a copy of such agreement should also be ceposited with the regional provident fund commissioner concerned where the cine-workers are engaged through a contractor or other person, the agreement will have to be executed by the prot:iucer and such contractor or olher person (iii) a dispute could be raised by the affected workman in case of breach of any of the terms and conditions of the agreement with the conciliation officer in the state in the event df the parties failing to arrive at a settlement, the conciliaion officer will report to the central government about the failure to arrive at a settlement and the central government may refer the dispute to single member cine-workers tribunals constituted under the law subject to revision by the high court, the awards of the tribunal will be final if any settlement is arrived at before the conciliation officer, it shall be binding on the parties to the dispute the above procedure for the raising of disputes closely follows the provisions of the industrial disputes act, 1947 (it') as the object of the legislation is to ensure that the cineworker is protected from exploitation as regards the terms and conditions of employment without imposing on this creative industry too harsh a set of regulations, penalties are proposed only in cases where \producer of - feature film fails ~ reglsler the agreement ei1tered into with a worker or when he takes work from a workei without executing an agreement (v) it is proposed to apply the employees' provident funds and miscellaneous provisions act, 1952, to such cine-workers as have completed assignments in five feature films w~th one or more different producers as -1'egal"ds -employees of cinema theatres, it is proposed to make the ppo\'isions of the payment of gratuity act, '1972, and the· employees' pmvident funds and milcellaneous provisions act, 1952, applicable to the -employees ef cinema theatres in which five or more persons are employed the bill seeks to achieve the above objects --new delhi; v asant sathe the 14th september, 1981  president's recommendation under article 117, of the constitution of india-[copy of letter no 313174-fpc vol iv, dated the 3rd august, 1981 from shri vasant sathe, minister of information ana broadcasting to the secretary, lok sabha] the president, having been informed of the subject matter at the cine-workers and cinema theatre workers (regulation of employment) bill, 1981, hereby recommends under article 117 (3) of the constitution, the consideration by lok sabha of the said bill sub-clause (1) of clause 3 of the bill requires the producer of a feature fum to enter into an agreement with a cine-worker and to register the same with the competent authority before such cine-worker is employed by the producer to work in the  feature film "competent authority" has been defined in subclause (d) of clause 2 of the bill to mean 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 the provisions of the bill it is proposed to entrust this function to the central labour commissioner in the state concerned as such, no additional expenditure is likely to be involved under this provision 2 clause 4 enables the central govemmentto appoint such number of persons as it thfuks fit to be conciliation officers charged with the duty of mediating in, and promoting the settlement of, any dispute which is connected with the terms and conditions of employment of a cin~worker it is proposed to appoint the conciliation officers appointed under the indus trial disputes act as conciliation officers for the purposes of the proposed bill also no additional expenditure is, therefore, likely to be incurred by the appointment of conciliation officer under the provisions of the bill 3 clause 7 empowers the central government to constitute one or more cine-workers tribunals for the adjudication of disputes relating to any matter specified in any agreement of the nature ~eferred to in clause 3 of the bill it is proposed to appoint such tribunals at bombay, calcutta, madras and bangalore in the first instance and at such other places as may be decided by the central government from time to time the tribunal ~hau consist of only one person as the presiding officer the tribunal will, however, have its own s1l::eleton staff it is estimated that this provision will require an expenditure of rs 80,000 as non-recurring and rs 4,82,400 as recurring 4 the bill does not involve any other expenditure whether of a recurring or non-recurring nature  memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 24 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of chapter ii of the bill, which provides for the regulation of employment of cine-workers the matters in respect of which such rules may be made are specified in that cls:use they, intler alia, relate to the form in which an agreement may be entered into by a producer with a cine-worker, the'manjler in which proceedings may be held by a conciliation ofticer and the pr0-cedure to be followed by him or the cine-workers tribunals and certain other matters the matters with respect to which rules may be made are matters of procedure or detail 2 the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character  a billto provide for the regulation of the conditions of einployment of certain cine-workers and cinema theatre workert and for matters conn~ted therewith 