Section 40: Exemption from liability to maintain register, records, etc in certain cases

Notwithstanding anything contained in rules 35, 36, 46, 47 and 48, if the Chief Inspector is of the opinion that any register or individual control book maintained as part of the routine of any undertaking or return made by the employer or any record issued by the employer to the worker contains, in respect of any or all the workers, the particulars required for the enforcement of the Act and these rules, he may, by order in writing, direct that such register, individual control book, return, record shall, to the corresponding extent, be maintained in the place of and be treated as register or individual control book, return or record required to be maintained or provided under the aforesaid rules in respect of that undertaking.]