LETTER

 
Domestic workers (Registration social
security and welfare ) Act 2008
Statement of objects and reasons
29. Accounts and Audit
  1. The Central, State and district Boards shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare annual statements of accounts in such form as may be prescribed.
  2. The Central Board shall furnish to the Central Government, before such date as may be prescribed, the audited copy of the consolidated account of itself and the Funds together with the auditor's report.
  3. The state and district boards shall furnish to the State Government before such date as may be prescribed its audited copy of accounts together with the auditor's report.
30. Power to make rules
  1. The Central Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
  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:--
  3. the number of persons to be appointed on the Central Board , the term of their office and other conditions of service, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions and the manner of filling of casual vacancies of the Chairperson and other members of the Board under section 4 of the Act.
  4. The form and manner in which the annual statement of accounts together with the auditor's report shall be furnished under section 29 of the Act.
  5. Any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed under this Act.
  6. Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act 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.
31. Power of the state government to make rules
  1. The State Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
  2. In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following
  3. the procedure for registration and the fees to be charged from the employers, service providers and domestic workers from time to time
  4. The form in which an application for registration as a beneficiary shall be made under section 16 of the Act.
  5. The form in which register of beneficiaries shall be maintained under section 15
  6. The form and manner in which an application for registration of domestic workers /employers may be made under section 11 of the Act..
  7. The form in which an application for the grant or renewal of registration may be made under and the particulars it may contain;
  8. the form of registers and records to be maintained by the district committees.
  9. The number of persons to be appointed as members on the state board, district boards or committee ,the term of officer and other conditions of service of, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions and the manner of filling up of vacancies under section 6 and 8 of the Act.
  10. The document and the fee which shall accompany the application under sub section (3) of section 12;
  11. The form and manner in which the funds shall be utilized to provide welfare measures to the domestic workers. Prescribe the fees to be charged from the employers, service providers and domestic workers from time to time
  12. Prescribe fee for registration as beneficiaries under the Fund and rate per mensem for the beneficiaries of the fund.,
  13. Any other matter as may be prescribed
  14. Every rule made by the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature where it consists of two Houses, or, where such Legislature consists of one House, before that House.