This document is a notification from the Government of Kerala announcing amendments to the Kerala Agricultural Workers' Act of 1974. The key amendments are: [1] Landowners holding more than 40 ares of agricultural land must now pay a contribution of 25 paise per are annually for land held in excess of 40 ares to the agricultural workers' fund. [2] The Government of Kerala will now contribute annually to the fund an amount equal to the total contributions paid by registered agricultural workers in each financial year. [3] The Kerala Agricultural Workers' Amendment Ordinance of 2010 is repealed and the amendments come into force from January 5, 2010.

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GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Law (Legislation-C) Department
NOTIFICATION
No. 21766/Leg C2/09/Law Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 28th
January, 2011.
The following Act of the Kerala State Legislature is hereby published for general information.
The Bill as passed by the Legislative Assembly received the assent of the Governor on the 27th
day of
January, 2011.
By order of the Governor
K. MADHUSUDANAN NAIR
Special Secretary (Law).

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ACT 7 OF 2011
THE KERALA AGRICULTURAL WORKERS’
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2010
An Act further to amend the Kerala Agricultural Workers’ Act, 1974.
Preamble.—Whereas, it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Agricultural Workers’ Act, 1974, for the
purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted in the Sixty-first Year of the Republic of India, as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Agricultural Workers’
(Amendment) Act, 2010
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th
day of January, 2010.
2. Amendment of Section 9 – In section 9 of the Kerala Agricultural Workers’ Act, 1974 (18 of
1974) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),-
(i) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-
“(1) Every land owner holding more than forty ares in extent of agricultural land shall pay
contribution to the Fund at the rate of twenty-five paise per are per annum for the land held by him
in excess of forty ares or part thereof in the manner prescribed.”
(ii) after-sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
“(4) The Government shall contribute to the Fund every year, by way of grant, an amount equal to
that of the contribution paid by registered agricultural workers in every financial year.”
3. Repeal and saving – (1) The Kerala Agricultural Workers’ (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010 (36
of 2010) is hereby repealed.

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(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or deemed to have been done or any action taken
or deemed to have been taken under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance shall be
deemed to have been done or taken under the Principal Act as amended by this Act.