S.R.O. 1737, dated the 23rd May, 1957.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Sec. 29 of the Working Journalists (Conditions of Service ) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely : CHAPTER I Preliminary 1. Short title.—These rules may be called the Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Rules, 1957. 2. Definitions.—In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,--  (a) “Act” means the Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955);  (b) “authorized medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner designated as such under rule 24 and where no such practitioner has been designated, any registered medical practitioner;  (c) “average pay” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947);  (d) “competent officer” means an officer designated as such under rule 17;  (e) 2 (f) “form” means a form appended to these rules;  (g) “leave” means earned leave, leave on medical certificate, maternity leave, extraordinary, leave not due, casual leave, study leave or quarantine leave;  (h) “earned leave” means leave admissible under Cl. (a) of Sec. 7 of the Act;  (i) “leave on medical certificate” medical leave admissible under Cl. (b) of Sec.7 of the Act.  (j) “leave not due” means leave which is not due to a working journalist but which may be granted to him in anticipation of its being earned subsequently;  (k) “quarantine leave” means leave of absence from duty by reason of the presence of an infectious disease in the family or household of a working journalist;  (l) “study leave” means leave granted to a working journalist to enable him to undergo any special course of training which may be of use to him in his journalistic career; and  (m) “shifts”---“day shift” means a shift when any hours of work of the shift do not fall between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 p.m.; “night shift” means a shift when any hours of work fall between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 p.m.

The Working Journalist (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958