Preamble   -             CODE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, 2020

Chapter I  -             PRELIMINARY

Section 1  -             Short title, extent, commencement and application

Section 2  -             Definitions

Section 3  -             Registration and cancellation of an establishment

Chapter II  -             SOCIAL SECURITY ORGANISATIONS

Section 4  -             Constitution of Board of Trustees of Employees’ Provident Fund

Section 5  -             Constitution of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation

Section 6  -             National Social Security Board and State Unorganised Workers’ Board

Section 7  -             Constitution of State Building Workers’ Welfare Boards

Section 8  -             Disqualification and removal of a member of any Social Security Organisation

Section 9  -             Procedure for transaction of business of Social Security Organisation, etc

Section 10  -             Executive Heads of Central Board and Corporation

Section 11  -             Supersession of Corporation, Central Board, National Social Security Board or State Unorganised Workers’ Board or the Building Workers’ Welfare Board

Section 12  -             State Board, Regional Boards, local committees, etc

Section 13  -             Entrustment of additional functions to Social Security Organisations

Chapter III  -             EMPLOYEES' PROVIDENT FUND

Section 14  -             Appointment of officers of Central Board

Section 15  -             Schemes

Section 16  -             Funds

Section 17  -             Contribution in respect of employees and contractors

Section 18  -             Fund to be recognised under Act 43 of 1961

Section 19  -             Priority of payment of contributions over other debts

Section 20  -             Chapter not to apply to certain establishments

Section 21  -             Authorising certain employers to maintain provident fund accounts

Section 22  -             Transfer of accounts

Section 23  -             Appeal to Tribunal

Chapter IV  -             EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE CORPORATION

Section 24  -             Principal Officers and other staff

Section 25  -             Employees’ State Insurance Fund

Section 26  -             Purposes for which Employees’ State Insurance Fund may be expended

Section 27  -             Holding of property, etc

Section 28  -             All employees to be insured

Section 29  -             Contributions

Section 30  -             Administrative expenses

Section 31  -             Provisions as to payment of contributions by employer, etc

Section 32  -             Benefits

Section 33  -             Corporation’s power to promote measures for health, etc., of Insured Persons

Section 34  -             Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment

Section 35  -             Accidents happening while acting in breach of law, etc

Section 36  -             Occupational disease

Section 37  -             References to medical board

Section 38  -             Dependants' benefit

Section 39  -             Medical benefit

Section 40  -             Provision of medical treatment by State Government or by Corporation

Section 41  -             General provisions as to benefits

Section 42  -             Corporation’s rights when an employer fails to register, etc

Section 43  -             Liability of owner or occupier of factories, etc., for excessive sickness benefit

Section 44  -             Scheme for other beneficiaries

Section 45  -             Schemes for unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers

Section 46  -             Exemption of factories or other establishments belonging to Government or any local authority

Section 47  -             Contributions, etc., due to Corporation to have priority over other debts

Section 48  -             Constitution of Employees’ Insurance Court

Section 49  -             Matters to be decided by Employees’ Insurance Court

Section 50  -             Powers of Employees’ Insurance Court

Section 51  -             Proceedings of Employees’ Insurance Courts

Section 52  -             Appeal to High Court

Chapter V  -             GRATUITY

Section 53  -             Payment of gratuity

Section 54  -             Continuous service

Section 55  -             Nomination

Section 56  -             Determination of amount of gratuity

Section 57  -             Compulsory insurance

Section 58  -             Competent authority

Chapter VI  -             MATERNITY BENEFIT

Section 59  -             Employment of, or work by, women prohibited during certain period

Section 60  -             Right to payment of maternity benefit

Section 61  -             Continuance of payment of maternity benefit in certain cases

Section 62  -             Notice of claim for maternity benefit and payment thereof

Section 63  -             Payment of maternity benefit in case of death of a woman

Section 64  -             Payment of medical bonus

Section 65  -             Leave for miscarriage, etc

Section 66  -             Nursing breaks

Section 67  -             Creche facility

Section 68  -             Dismissal for absence during pregnancy

Section 69  -             No deduction of wages in certain cases

Section 70  -             Forfeiture of maternity benefit

Section 71  -             Duties of employer

Section 72  -             Power of Inspector-cum-Facilitator to direct payments to be made

Chapter VII  -             EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION

Section 73  -             Reports of fatal accidents and serious bodily injuries

Section 74  -             Employer’s liability for compensation

Section 75  -             Compensation in case of death of or injury in plantation

Section 76  -             Amount of compensation

Section 77  -             Compensation to be paid when due and damages for default

Section 78  -             Method of calculating monthly wages for purposes of compensation

Section 79  -             Review

Section 80  -             Commutation of half-monthly payments

Section 81  -             Distribution of compensation

Section 82  -             Notice and claim

Section 83  -             Special provisions relating to accidents occurring outside Indian territory

Section 84  -             Medical examination

Section 85  -             Contracting

Section 86  -             Remedies of employer against stranger

Section 87  -             Insolvency of employer

Section 88  -             Power to require from employers statements regarding fatal accidents

Section 89  -             Registration of agreements

Section 90  -             Reference to competent authority

Section 91  -             Appointment of competent authority

Section 92  -             Venue of proceedings and transfer

Section 93  -             Form of application

Section 94  -             Power of competent authority to require further deposit in cases of fatal accident

Section 95  -             Powers and procedure of competent authority

Section 96  -             Appearance of parties

Section 97  -             Method of recording evidence

Section 98  -             Power to submit cases

Section 99  -             Appeal against order of competent authority

Chapter VIII  -             SOCIAL SECURITY AND CESS IN RESPECT OF BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Section 100  -             Levy and collection of cess

Section 101  -             Interest payable on delay in payment of cess

Section 102  -             Power to exempt from cess

Section 103  -             Self-assessment of cess

Section 104  -             Penalty for non-payment of cess within the specified time

Section 105  -             Appeal to appellate authority

Section 106  -             Registration of building workers as beneficiaries

Section 107  -             Cessation as a beneficiary

Section 108  -             Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Fund and its application

Chapter IX  -             SOCIAL SECURITY FOR UNORGANISED WORKERS, GIG WORKERS AND PLATFORM WORKERS

Section 109  -             Framing of schemes for unorganised workers

Section 110  -             Funding of State Government schemes

Section 111  -             Record keeping

Section 112  -             Helpline, facilitation centre, etc., for unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers

Section 113  -             Registration of unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers

Section 114  -             Schemes for gig workers and platform workers

Chapter X  -             FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS

Section 115  -             Accounts

Section 116  -             Audit

Section 117  -             Budget estimates

Section 118  -             Annual report

Section 119  -             Valuation of assets and liabilities

Section 120  -             Holding of property, etc., by Social Security Organisation

Section 121  -             Writing off of losses

Chapter XI  -             AUTHORITIES, ASSESSMENT, COMPLIANCE AND RECOVERY

Section 122  -             Appointment of Inspector-cum-Facilitators and their powers

Section 123  -             Maintenance of records, registers, returns, etc

Section 124  -             Employer not to reduce wages, etc

Section 125  -             Assessment and determination of dues from employer

Section 126  -             Appeal against order of Authorised Officer relating to Chapter IV

Section 127  -             Interest on amount due

Section 128  -             Power to recover damages

Section 129  -             Recovery of amount due

Section 130  -             Validity of certificate and amendment thereof

Section 131  -             Other modes of recovery

Section 132  -             Application of certain provisions of Income-tax Act

Chapter XII  -             OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

Section 133  -             Penalty for failure to pay contributions, etc

Section 134  -             Enhanced punishment in certain cases after previous conviction

Section 135  -             Offences by companies

Section 136  -             Cognizance of offences

Section 137  -             Prior opportunity before prosecution

Section 138  -             Compounding of offences

Chapter XIII  -             EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION AND MONITORING

Section 139  -             Reporting of vacancies to career centres

Section 140  -             Exclusions from application of this Chapter

Chapter XIV  -             MISCELLANEOUS

Section 141  -             Social Security Fund

Section 142  -             Application of Aadhaar

Section 143  -             Power to exempt establishment

Section 144  -             Power to defer or reduce

Section 145  -             Liability in case of transfer of establishment

Section 146  -             Members, officers and staff to be public servants

Section 147  -             Protection of action taken in good faith

Section 148  -             Misuse of benefits

Section 149  -             Power of Central Government to give directions to State Government and Social Security Organisations

Section 150  -             Power to frame schemes

Section 151  -             Protection against attachment, etc

Section 152  -             Power to amend Schedule

Section 153  -             Transitional provisions

Section 154  -             Power of appropriate Government to make rules

Section 155  -             Power of Central Government to make rules

Section 156  -             Power of State Government to make rules

Section 157  -             Power of Corporation to make regulations

Section 158  -             Prior publication of rules, regulations, etc

Section 159  -             Rules to give effect to arrangements with other countries for the transfer of money paid as compensation

Section 160  -             Laying of rules, regulations and schemes, etc

Section 161  -             Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this Code

Section 162  -             Delegation of powers

Section 163  -             Power to remove difficulties

Section 164  -             Repeal and savings

Schedule I  -             FIRST SCHEDULE

Schedule II  -             SECOND SCHEDULE

Schedule III  -             THIRD SCHEDULE

Schedule IV  -             FOURTH SCHEDULE

Schedule V  -             FIFTH SCHEDULE

Schedule VI  -             SIXTH SCHEDULE

Schedule VII  -             SEVENTH SCHEDULE

Statement of Objects and Reasons   -             CODE ON SOCIAL SECURITY, 2020