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EMPLOYEE STATE INSURANCE ACT

1948

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Related Legislation: - Employee State Insurance (Central) Rules , 1950 - Employee State Insurance (General Provident Fund) Rules , 1950 - Employee State Insurance (General) Regulations , 1950

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Preliminary
Section 1 .  Short title, extent, commencement and application
Section 2 .  Definitions
Section 2-A .  Registration of Factories and Establishments
Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council
Section 3 .  Establishment of Employees' State Insurance Corporation
Section 4 .  Constitution of Corporation
Section 5 .  Term of office of members of the Corporation
Section 6 .  Eligibility for renomination or re-election
Section 7 .  Authentication of orders, decisions, etc
Section 8 .  Constitution of Standing Committee
Section 9 .  Term of office of members of Standing Committee
Section 10 .  Medical Benefit Council
Section 11 .  Resignation of membership
Section 12 .  Cessation of membership
Section 13 .  Disqualification
Section 14 .  Filling of vacancies
Section 15 .  Fees and allowances
Section 16 .  Principal Officers
Section 17 .  Staff
Section 18 .  Powers of the Standing Committee
Section 19 .  Corporation's power to promote measures for health, etc., of insured persons
Section 20 .  Meetings of Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council
Section 21 .  Super session of the Corporation and Standing Committee
Section 22 .  Duties of Medical Benefit Council
Section 23 .  Duties of Director General and the Financial Commissioner
Section 24 .  Acts of Corporation, etc., not invalid by reason of defect in constitution, etc
Section 25 .  Regional Boards, Local Committees, Regional and Local Medical Benefit Councils
Finance and Audit
Section 26 .  Employees' State Insurance Fund
Section 27 .  Grant by the Central Government
Section 28 .  Purposes for which the Fund may be expended
Section 28-A .  Administrative expenses
Section 29 .  Holding of property, etc
Section 30 .  Vesting of the property in the Corporation
Section 31 .  Expenditure by Central Government to be treated as a loan
Section 32 .  Budget estimates
Section 33 .  Accounts
Section 34 .  Audit
Section 35 .  Annual report
Section 36 .  Budget, audited accounts and the annual report to be placed before Parliament
Section 37 .  Valuation of assets and liabilities
Contributions
Section 38 .  All employees to be insured
Section 39 .  Contributions
Section 40 .  Principal employer to pay contributions in the first instance
Section 41 .  Recovery of contribution from immediate employer
Section 42 .  General provisions as to payment of contributions
Section 43 .  Method of payment of contribution
Section 44 .  Employers to furnish returns and maintain registers in certain cases
Section 45 .  Social Security Officers, their functions and duties
Section 45-A .  Determination of contributions in certain cases
Section 45-AA .  Appellate Authority
Section 45-B .  Recovery of contributions
Section 45-C .  Issue of certificate to the Recovery Officer
Section 45-D .  Recovery Officer to whom certificate is to be forwarded
Section 45-E .  Validity of certificate and amendment thereof
Section 45-F .  Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof
Section 45-G .  Other modes of recovery
Section 45-H .  Application of certain provisions of the Income Tax Act.
Section 45-I .  Definitions
Benefits
Section 46 .  Benefits
Section 47 .  [* * * ]
Section 48 .  When person deemed available for employment
Section 49 .  Sickness benefit
Section 50 .  Maternity benefit
Section 51 .  Disablement benefit
Section 51-A .  Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment
Section 51-B .  Accidents happening while acting in breach of regulations, etc.
Section 51-C .  Accidents happening while travelling in employers transport
Section 51-D .  Accidents happening while meeting emergency
Section 51-E .  Accidents happening while commuting to the place of work and vice versa
Section 52 .  Dependant's benefit
Section 52-A .  Occupational disease
Section 53 .  Bar against receiving or recovery of compensation or damages under any other law
Section 54 .  Determination of question of disablement
Section 54-A .  References to medical board and appeals to medical appeal tribunal and Employees' Insurance Courts
Section 55 .  Review of decisions by medical board or medical appeal tribunal
Section 55-A .  Review of dependants' benefit
Section 56 .  Medical benefit
Section 57 .  Scale of medical benefit
Section 58 .  Provision of medical treatment by State Government
Section 59 .  Establishment and maintenance of hospitals, etc,. by Corporation
Section 59-A .  Provision of medical benefit by the Corporation in lieu of State Government
Section 59-B .  Medical and Paramedical education
Section 60 .  Benefit not assignable or attachable
Section 61 .  Bar of benefits under other enactments
Section 62 .  Persons not to commute cash benefits
Section 63 .  Persons not entitled to receive benefit in certain cases
Section 64 .  Recipients of sickness or disablement benefit to observe conditions
Section 65 .  Benefits not to be combined
Section 66 .  Corporation's right to be indemnified in certain cases
Section 67 .  Corporation's right to be recover damages from employer in certain cases
Section 68 .  Corporation's rights where a principal employer fails or neglects to pay any contribution
Section 69 .  Liability of owner of occupier of factories, etc. for excessive sickness benefit
Section 70 .  Repayment of benefit improperly received
Section 71 .  Benefit payable up to and including day of death
Section 72 .  Employer not to reduce wages etc.
Section 73 .  Employer not to dismiss or punish employee during period of sickness, etc.
Transitory Provisions
Section 73-A .  Employer's special contributions
Section 73-B .  Special tribunals for decision of disputes or questions under this Chapter where there is no Employee
Section 73-C .  Benefits under Chapter V to depend upon employees' contribution
Section 73-D .  Mode of recovery of employer's special contribution
Section 73-E .  Power to call for additional information or return
Section 73-F .  Power to exempt to be exercised by Central Government alone in respect of employer's special contributions
Section 73-G .  Application of certain provisions of this Act to employer's special contribution
Section 73-H .  Omitted
Section 73-I .  Duration of Chapter V-A
Adjudication of dispute and claims
Section 74 .  Constitution of Employees' Insurance Court
Section 75 .  Matters to be decided by Employees' Insurance Court
Section 76 .  Institution proceedings etc
Section 77 .  Commencement of proceedings
Section 78 .  Powers of Employees' Insurance Court
Section 79 .  Appearance by legal practitioners, etc.
Section 80 .  Benefit not admissible unless claimed in time
Section 81 .  Reference to High Court
Section 82 .  Appeal
Section 83 .  Stay of payment pending appeal
Penalties
Section 84 .  Punishment for false statement
Section 85 .  Punishment for failure to pay contributions, etc.
Section 85-A .  Enhanced punishment in certain cases after previous conviction
Section 85-B .  Power to recover damages
Section 85-C .  Power of court to make orders
Section 86 .  Prosecutions
Section 86-A .  Offences by companies
Miscellaneous
Section 87 .  Exemption of a factory or establishment or class or factories or establishments.
Section 88 .  Exemption of persons or class or persons
Section 89 .  Corporation to make representation
Section 90 .  Exemption of factories or establishments belonging to Government or any local authority
Section 91 .  Exemption from one or more provisions of the Act.
Section 91-A .  Exemptions to be either prospective or retrospective
Section 91-AA .  Central Government to be Appropriate Government
Section 91-B .  Misuse of benefits
Section 91-C .  Writing off of losses
Section 92 .  Power of Central Government to give directions
Section 93 .  Corporation officers and servants to be public servants
Section 93-A .  Liability in case of transfer of establishment
Section 94 .  Contributions etc, due to Corporation to have priority over other debts.
Section 94-A .  Delegation of powers
Section 95 .  Power of Central Government to make rules
Section 96 .  Power of State Government to make rules
Section 97 .  Power of Corporation to make regulations
Section 98 .  Corporation may undertake duties in Part B State
Section 99 .  Medical care for the families of insured persons
Section 99-A .  Power to remove difficulties
Section 100 .  Repeals and savings