Any contract or agreement whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, whereby a 2 [employee] relinquishes any right of compensation from the employer for personal injury arising out of or in the course of the employment, shall be null and void in so far as it purports to remove or reduce the liability of any person to pay compensation under this Act.
4 [17A. Duty of employer to inform employee of his rights.—Every employer shall immediately at the time of employment of an employee, inform the employee of his rights to compensation under this
1. Subs. by Act 45 of 2009, s. 5, for “workmen” (w.e.f. 18-1-2010).
2. Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for “workman” (w.e.f. 18-1-2010).
3. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “G.G. in C”.
4. Ins. by Act 11 of 2017, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-5-2017).
21 Act, in writing as well as through electronic means, in English or Hindi or in the official language of the area of employment, as may be understood by the employee.]
18. [Proof of age.] Rep. by the Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1959 (8 of 1959), s. 12 (w.e.f. 1-6-1959).
1 [18A. Penalties.—(1) Whoever—
(a) fails to maintain a notice-book which he is required to maintain under sub-section (3) of section 10, or
(b) fails to send to the Commissioner a statement which he is required to sent under sub-section (1) of section 10A, or
(c) fails to send a report which he is required to sent under section 10B, or
(d) fails to make a return which he is required to make under 2 [section 16, or] 3 [(e) fails to inform the employee of his rights to compensation as required under section 17A;]
shall be punishable with fine 4[which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees].
(2) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted except by or with the previous sanction of a Commissioner, and no Court shall take cognizance of any offence under this section, unless complaint thereof is made 5 [within six months of the date on which the alleged commission of the offence came to the knowledge of the Commissioner].]
CHAPTER III COMMISSIONERS