The Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1999.
# THE CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE (AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION)
 ACT, 1999
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 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS

1. Short title.
2. Amendment of long title.
3. Amendment of section 2.
4. Amendment of section 3.
5. Amendment of section 8.
6. Amendment of section 9.
7. Amendment of section 10.
8. Insertion of new section 14A.
9. Amendment of section 22.
10. Validation of the disposal of certain revision petitions.

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# THE CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE (AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION)
 ACT, 1999

 ACT NO. 40 OF 1999

[29th December, 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.

**5. Amendment of section 8.–In section 8 of the principal Act,–**

(i) in clause (i), after the word “remove”, the words “, order for compulsory retirement of ”, shall

be inserted;

(ii) in clause (ii), after sub-clause (c), the following sub-clauses shall be inserted, namely:––

“(d) withholding of increment of pay with or without cumulative effect;

(e) withholding of promotion;

(f) censure.”.

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**6. Amendment of section 9.–In section 9 of the principal Act,–**

(i) in sub-section (1), for the words, brackets and figure “subject to the provisions of sub-section

(3)”, the words, brackets, figures and letters “subject to the provisions of sub-section (2A), subsection (2B) and sub-section (3)” shall be substituted;

(ii) after sub-section (2), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:–

“(2A) Any enrolled member of the Force aggrieved by an order passed in appeal under sub
section (1) may, within a period of six months from the date on which the order is communicated
to him, prefer a revision petition against the order to such authority as may be prescribed and in
disposing of the revision petition, the said authority shall follow such procedure as may be
prescribed.

(2B) The authority, as may be prescribed for the purpose of this sub-section, on a revision

petition preferred by an aggrieved enrolled member of the Force or suo moto, may call for, within
a prescribed period, the records of any proceeding under section 8 or sub-section (2) or
sub-section (2A) and such authority may, after making inquiry in the prescribed manner, and
subject to the provisions of this Act, pass such order thereon as it thinks fit.”;

(iii) in sub-section (3), for the words, figures and brackets “under section 8 or under sub-section

(2)”, the words, figures, brackets and letters “under section 8, sub-section (2), sub-section (2A) or
sub-section (2B)” shall be substituted.

**7. Amendment of section 10.–In section 10 of the principal Act, after clause (e), the following**

clauses shall be inserted, namely:–

“(f) to provide technical consultancy services relating to security of any private sector

industrial establishments under section 14A;

(g) to protect and safeguard the organisations owned or funded by the Government and the

employees of such organisations as may be entrusted to him by the Central Government;

(h) any other duty which may be entrusted to him by the Central Government from time to

time.”.

**8. Insertion of new section 14A.–After section 14 of the principal Act, the following section**

shall be inserted, namely:–

“14A. Technical Consultancy Service to industrial establishments.–(1) Subject to any

general directions which may be issued by the Central Government, it shall be lawful for the
Director-General, on a request received from the Managing Director of an industrial
establishment in the private sector or any other person authorised by him in this behalf, to direct
the members of the Force to provide technical consultancy services relating to security, to such
industrial establishments in such manner and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.

(2) The fee received under sub-section (1) shall be credited to the Consolidated Fund of India.

_Explanation.–For the purposes of this section, the expression “Managing Director”, in_

relation to an industrial establishment, means the person (whether called general manager,
manager, chief executive officer or a partner of a firm or by any other name) who exercises
control over the affairs of the establishment.”.

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**9. Amendment of section 22.–In section 22 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2),–**

(i) after clause (ggg), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:–

“(gggg) prescribing authority under sub-section (2A) of section 9 and the procedure to be

followed by such authority in disposing of the revision petition;

(ggggg) prescribing authority under sub-section (2B) of section 9, the period within which

such authority may call for the records and the manner in which such authority may make
inquiry;”;

(ii) in clause (h), the word “and” occurring at the end shall be omitted;

(iii) after clause (h), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:–

“(hh) the manner in which and the fee on payment of which the technical consultancy

services shall be provided under sub-section (1) of section 14A; and”.

**10. Validation of the disposal of certain revision petitions.–Notwithstanding any judgment, decree**

or order of any court to the contrary, rule 49 of the Central Industrial Security Force Rules, 1969
published with the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs number S.O.
4632, dated the 12th November, 1969 shall be deemed to be, and to have always been, made under the
principal Act as amended by this Act as if the principal Act as so amended had been in force at all
material times before the commencement of this Act and accordingly the disposal of any revision petition
under the said rule 49 before the commencement of this Act or any order made or purporting to have been
made or any action or thing taken or done in or under such petition shall not be deemed to be invalid or
ever to have become invalid merely on the ground that the Central Government had no power under the
principal Act to make the said rule 49.

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