Preliminary

1    Short title, extent, commencement and application

2    Definitions

2-A    Registration of Factories and Establishments

Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council

3    Establishment of Employees' State Insurance Corporation

4    Constitution of Corporation

5    Term of office of members of the Corporation

6    Eligibility for renomination or re-election

7    Authentication of orders, decisions, etc

8    Constitution of Standing Committee

9    Term of office of members of Standing Committee

10    Medical Benefit Council

11    Resignation of membership

12    Cessation of membership

13    Disqualification

14    Filling of vacancies

15    Fees and allowances

16    Principal Officers

17    Staff

18    Powers of the Standing Committee

19    Corporation's power to promote measures for health, etc., of insured persons

20    Meetings of Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council

21    Super session of the Corporation and Standing Committee

22    Duties of Medical Benefit Council

23    Duties of Director General and the Financial Commissioner

24    Acts of Corporation, etc., not invalid by reason of defect in constitution, etc

25    Regional Boards, Local Committees, Regional and Local Medical Benefit Councils

Finance and Audit

26    Employees' State Insurance Fund

27    Grant by the Central Government

28    Purposes for which the Fund may be expended

28-A    Administrative expenses

29    Holding of property, etc

30    Vesting of the property in the Corporation

31    Expenditure by Central Government to be treated as a loan

32    Budget estimates

33    Accounts

34    Audit

35    Annual report

36    Budget, audited accounts and the annual report to be placed before Parliament

37    Valuation of assets and liabilities

Contributions

38    All employees to be insured

39    Contributions

40    Principal employer to pay contributions in the first instance

41    Recovery of contribution from immediate employer

42    General provisions as to payment of contributions

43    Method of payment of contribution

44    Employers to furnish returns and maintain registers in certain cases

45    Social Security Officers, their functions and duties

45-A    Determination of contributions in certain cases

45-AA    Appellate Authority

45-B    Recovery of contributions

45-C    Issue of certificate to the Recovery Officer

45-D    Recovery Officer to whom certificate is to be forwarded

45-E    Validity of certificate and amendment thereof

45-F    Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof

45-G    Other modes of recovery

45-H    Application of certain provisions of the Income Tax Act.

45-I    Definitions

Benefits

46    Benefits

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48    When person deemed available for employment

49    Sickness benefit

50    Maternity benefit

51    Disablement benefit

51-A    Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment

51-B    Accidents happening while acting in breach of regulations, etc.

51-C    Accidents happening while travelling in employers transport

51-D    Accidents happening while meeting emergency

51-E    Accidents happening while commuting to the place of work and vice versa

52    Dependant's benefit

52-A    Occupational disease

53    Bar against receiving or recovery of compensation or damages under any other law

54    Determination of question of disablement

54-A    References to medical board and appeals to medical appeal tribunal and Employees' Insurance Courts

55    Review of decisions by medical board or medical appeal tribunal

55-A    Review of dependants' benefit

56    Medical benefit

57    Scale of medical benefit

58    Provision of medical treatment by State Government

59    Establishment and maintenance of hospitals, etc,. by Corporation

59-A    Provision of medical benefit by the Corporation in lieu of State Government

59-B    Medical and Paramedical education

60    Benefit not assignable or attachable

61    Bar of benefits under other enactments

62    Persons not to commute cash benefits

63    Persons not entitled to receive benefit in certain cases

64    Recipients of sickness or disablement benefit to observe conditions

65    Benefits not to be combined

66    Corporation's right to be indemnified in certain cases

67    Corporation's right to be recover damages from employer in certain cases

68    Corporation's rights where a principal employer fails or neglects to pay any contribution

69    Liability of owner of occupier of factories, etc. for excessive sickness benefit

70    Repayment of benefit improperly received

71    Benefit payable up to and including day of death

72    Employer not to reduce wages etc.

73    Employer not to dismiss or punish employee during period of sickness, etc.

Transitory Provisions

73-A    Employer's special contributions

73-B    Special tribunals for decision of disputes or questions under this Chapter where there is no Employee

73-C    Benefits under Chapter V to depend upon employees' contribution

73-D    Mode of recovery of employer's special contribution

73-E    Power to call for additional information or return

73-F    Power to exempt to be exercised by Central Government alone in respect of employer's special contributions

73-G    Application of certain provisions of this Act to employer's special contribution

73-H    Omitted

73-I    Duration of Chapter V-A

Adjudication of dispute and claims

74    Constitution of Employees' Insurance Court

75    Matters to be decided by Employees' Insurance Court

76    Institution proceedings etc

77    Commencement of proceedings

78    Powers of Employees' Insurance Court

79    Appearance by legal practitioners, etc.

80    Benefit not admissible unless claimed in time

81    Reference to High Court

82    Appeal

83    Stay of payment pending appeal

Penalties

84    Punishment for false statement

85    Punishment for failure to pay contributions, etc.

85-A    Enhanced punishment in certain cases after previous conviction

85-B    Power to recover damages

85-C    Power of court to make orders

86    Prosecutions

86-A    Offences by companies

Miscellaneous

87    Exemption of a factory or establishment or class or factories or establishments.

88    Exemption of persons or class or persons

89    Corporation to make representation

90    Exemption of factories or establishments belonging to Government or any local authority

91    Exemption from one or more provisions of the Act.

91-A    Exemptions to be either prospective or retrospective

91-AA    Central Government to be Appropriate Government

91-B    Misuse of benefits

91-C    Writing off of losses

92    Power of Central Government to give directions

93    Corporation officers and servants to be public servants

93-A    Liability in case of transfer of establishment

94    Contributions etc, due to Corporation to have priority over other debts.

94-A    Delegation of powers

95    Power of Central Government to make rules

96    Power of State Government to make rules

97    Power of Corporation to make regulations

98    Corporation may undertake duties in Part B State

99    Medical care for the families of insured persons

99-A    Power to remove difficulties

100    Repeals and savings