43. In this Part of this Act- " appointed date " * means any such date before the commencement of this Act as shall be declared by the Minister, by Order published in the Gazette, to be the appointed date for the purposes of this Part of this Act;* 20th September, 1957, declared by Order published in Gazette No. 11,193 of 8th November, 1957. "regular employee" means a person who has been employed by the holder of a stage carriage permit for a regular omnibus service for at least one hundred and eighty days in any consecutive period of twelve months within the period commencing on the 13th day of April, 1955, and ending on the 12th day of April, 1957, and who has continued to be in the employ of such holder until the appointed date, such one hundred and eighty days being a period including-
| (a) the days on which such person has been engaged in work connected with such omnibus service, |
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| (b) every holiday to which he was entitled under any written law, |
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| (c) every holiday allowed to him by his employer, |
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| (d) every day of his absence on any ground approved by his employer, |
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| (e) every day of his absence due to any injury to him caused by, or arising out of, or in the course of, his employment, |
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| (f) every day of his absence due to any occupational disease suffered by him, and |
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| (g) every day of his absence due to a strike or lock-out that is not illegal, the total of such days of absence in any year being not more than thirty, |
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but any day taken into account under any one of the preceding sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) in computing the said period of one hundred and eighty days shall not be taken into account again under any other of those sub-paragraphs; " salary " means basic salary and includes a cost of living allowance or dearness allowance; " wages " mean basic wages and include a cost of living allowance or dearness allowance. |
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