Amendment of section 3, Tamil Nadu Act 46 of 1981 In section 3 of the Tamil Nadu industrial Establishments (Conferment of Permanent Status to Workmen) Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu Act 46 of 1981) (hereinafter referred to as the princi pal Act) (1) in the Explanation, for the opening portion beginning with the words "for the purposes of this section" and ending with the words "include the days on which", the following shall be substituted, namely "For the purposes of computing the continuous service re ferred to in sub sections (1) and (2), a workman shall be deemed to be in continuous service during the days on which "; (2) the Explanation shall be numbered as Explanation I and after Explanation I as so numbered, the following Explana tion shah be added, namely: "Explanation II For the purposes of this section, 'law ' includes any award, agreement, settlement, instrument or contract of service whether made before or after the com mencement of this Act.