Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1999
No: 40 Dated: Dec, 29 1999
Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1999
(Act No. 40 of 1999)
An Act further to amend the Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968, and to validate certain revision petitions disposed of under the rules made under the said Act.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:–
1. Short title.–This Act may be called the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1999.
2. Amendment of long title.–In the Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 (50 of 1968) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the long title, the following long title shall be substituted, namely:–
“An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an armed force of the Union for the better protection and security of industrial undertakings owned by the Central Government, certain other industrial undertakings, employees of all such undertakings and to provide technical consultancy services to industrial establishments in the private sector and for matters connected therewith.”.
3. Amendment of section 2.–In section 2 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:–
"(ca) “industrial establishment” means an industrial undertaking or a company as defined under section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or a firm registered under section 59 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932) which is engaged in any industry, or in any trade, business or service;‟.
4. Amendment of section 3.–In section 3 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), the words “and to perform such other duties as may be entrusted to it by the Central Government” shall be inserted at the end.