The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
State Act of Bihar · Act 34 of 1948126 provisions11 citing judgments
The enactment
| Type | Act |
|---|---|
| Citation | Act 34 of 1948 |
| Year | 1948 |
| Jurisdiction | State of Bihar |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 126 |
| Subjects | financial, labour |
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- Section 1 Short title, extent, commencement and application2 citing judgments
- Section 2 Definitions1 citing judgment
- Section 2A Registration of factories and establishments
- 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 re-appointment 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 Appointment of a Director General and a Financial Commissioner
- 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 Supersession of the Corporation, and Standing Committee
- Section 22 Duties of Medical Benefit Council
- Section 23 Duties of Principal Officers
- 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
- Section 26 Employees’ State Insurance Fund
- Section 28 Purposes for which the Fund may be expended
- Section 28A Administrative expenses
- Section 29 Holding of property, etc
- Section 30 Vesting of the property in the Corporation
- 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 Parliament1 citing judgment
- Section 37 Valuation of assets and liabilities
- Section 38 All employees to be insured
- Section 39 Contributions1 citing judgment
- Section 40 Principal employer to pay contributions in the first instance
- Section 41 Recovery of contribution from immediate employees
- Section 42 General provisions as to payment of contributions
- Section 43 Method of payment of contributions
- Section 44 Employers to furnish returns and maintain registers in certain cases
- Section 45 Social Security Officers], their functions and duties1 citing judgment
- Section 45A Determination of contributions in certain cases
- Section 45AA Appellate authority1 citing judgment
- Section 45B Recovery of contributions1 citing judgment
- Section 45C Issue of certificate to the Recovery Officer
- Section 45D Recovery officer to whom certificate is to be forwarded
- Section 45E Validity of certificate and amendment thereof
- Section 45F Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof
- Section 45G Other modes of recovery
- Section 45H Application of certain provisions of the Income-tax Act
- Section 46 Benefits
- Section 49 Sickness benefit
- Section 50 Maternity benefit
- Section 51 Disablement Benefit
- Section 51A Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment
- Section 51B Accidents happening while acting in breach of regulations, etc
- Section 51C Accidents happening while travelling in employer’s transport
- Section 51D Accidents happening while meeting emergency
- Section 51E Accidents happening while commuting to the place of work and vice versa
- Section 52 Dependant’s benefit
- Section 52A 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 54A References to medical boards and appeals to medical appeal tribunals and Employees’ Insurance Courts
- Section 55A 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 59A Provision of medical benefit by the Corporation in lieu of State Government
- Section 59B Medical and para-medical 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 68 Corporation’s rights where a principal employer fails or neglects to pay any contribution
- Section 69 Liability of owner or 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
- Section 73A Definitions
- Section 73B Power to frame Scheme
- Section 73C Collection of user charges
- Section 73D Scheme for other beneficiaries
- Section 73E Power to amend Scheme
- Section 73F Laying of Scheme framed under this Chapter
- Section 74 Constitution of Employees’ Insurance Court
- Section 75 Matters to be decided by Employees’ Insurance Court1 citing judgment
- Section 76 Institution of proceedings, etc
- Section 77 Commencement of proceedings
- Section 78 Powers of Employees’ Insurance Court
- Section 79 Appearance by legal practitioners, etc
- Section 81 Reference to High Court
- Section 82 Appear1 citing judgment
- Section 83 Stay of payment pending appeal
- Section 84 Punishment for false statement
- Section 85 Punishment for failure to pay contributions, etc1 citing judgment
- Section 85A Enhanced punishment in certain cases after previous conviction
- Section 85B Power to recover damages
- Section 85C Power of Court to make orders
- Section 86 Prosecutions
- Section 86A Offences by companies
- Section 87 Exemption of a factory or establishment or class of factories or establishments
- Section 88 Exemption of persons or class of 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 91AA Central Government to be appropriate Government
- Section 91B Misuse of benefits
- Section 91C Writing off of losses
- Section 92 Power of Central Government to give directions
- Section 93 Corporation officers and servants to be public servants
- Section 93A Liability in case of transfer of establishment
- Section 94 Contributions, etc., due to Corporation to have priority over other debts
- 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 99 Medical care for the families of insured persons
- Section 99A Power to remove difficulties
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