EMPLOYEES STATE INSURANCE ACT, 1948

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S.1 Short title, extent, commencement and application

S.2 Definitions

S.2(a) Registration of factories and establishments

S.3 Establishment of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation

S.4 Constitution of Corporation

S.5 Term of office of members of Corporation

S.6 Eligibility for re-nomination or re-election

S.7 Authentication of orders, decisions, etc.

S.8 Constitution of Standing Committee

S.9 Term of office of members of Standing Committee

S.10 Medical Benefit Council

S.11 Resignation of membership

S.12 Cessation of membership

S.13 Disqualification

S.14 Filling of vacancies

S.15 Fees and allowances

S.16 Principal Officers

S.17 Staff

S.18 Powers of the Standing Committee

S.19 Corporation’s power to promote measures for health, etc., of insured persons

S.20 Meetings of Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council

S.21 Supersession of the Corporation and Standing Committee

S.22 Duties of Medical Benefit Council

S.23 Duties of 1[Director General and the Financial Commissioner].

S.24 Acts of Corporation, etc., not invalid by reason of defect in constitution, etc

S.25 Regional Boards, Local Committees, Regional and Local Medical Benefit Councils

S.26 Employees’ State Insurance Fund

S.27 Grant by the Central Government

S.28 Purposes for which the Fund may be expended.

S.28(a) Administrative expenses

S.29 Holding of property, etc

S.30 Vesting of the property in the Corporation

S.31 Expenditure by Central Government to be treated as a loan

S.32 Budget estimates

S.33 Accounts

S.34 Audit

S.35 Annual Report

S.36 Budget, audited accounts and the annual report to be placed before Parliament

S.37 Valuation of assets and liabilities

S.38 All employees to be insured

S.39 Contributions

S.40 Principal employer to pay contribution in the first instance

S.41 Recovery of contribution from immediate employer

S.42 General provisions as to payment of contributions

S.43 Method of payment of contribution

S.44 Employers to furnish returns and maintain registers in certain cases

S.45 Inspectors, their functions and duties

S.45(a) Determination of contributions in certain cases

S.45(b) Recovery of contributions

S.45(c) Issue of certificate to the Recovery Officer

S.45(d) Recovery Officer to whom certificate is to be forwarded

S.45(e) Validity of certificate and amendment thereof

S.45(f) Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof

S.45(g) Other modes of recovery

S.45(h) Application of certain provisions of the Income-tax Act

S.45(i) Definitions

S.46 Benefits

S.47 When person eligible for sickness benefit

S.48 When person deemed available for employment

S.49 Sickness benefit

S.50 Maternity benefit

S.51 Disablement benefit

S.51(a) Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment

S.51(b) Accidents happening while acting in breach of regulations, etc

S.51(c) Accidents happening while travelling in employer’s trans­port

S.51(d) Accidents happening while meeting emergency

S.52 Dependant’s benefit

S.52(a) Occupational disease

S.53 Bar against receiving or recovery of compensation or damag­es under any other law

S.54 Determination of question of disablement

S.54(a) References to medical boards and appeals to medical appeal tribunals and Employees’ Insurance Courts

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S.51(c) Accidents happening while travelling in employer’s transport

S.53 Bar against receiving or recovery of compensation or damages under any other law