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Table of Contents
Content
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
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