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(1) If any question or dispute or claim
arises as to—
(a) whether any person is an employee within the meaning of this Code relating to this Chapter or
whether he is liable to pay the employee's contribution; or
(b) the rate of wages or average daily wages of an employee for the purposes of this Chapter; or
(c) the rate of contribution payable by an employer in respect of any employee under this Chapter; or
(d) the person who is or was the employer in respect of any employee for the purposes of this Chapter;
or
(e) the right of any person to any benefit under this Chapter and as to the amount and duration thereof;
or
(f) any direction issued by the Corporation on a review of any payment of dependants' benefit under
this Chapter; or
(g) any other matter which is in dispute between an employer and the Corporation relating to this
Chapter, or between an employer and a Contractor relating to this Chapter or between a person and the
Corporation relating to this Chapter or between an employee and an employer or Contractor relating to
this Chapter, in respect of any contribution or benefit or other dues payable or recoverable under this
Code relating to this Chapter; or
(h) claim for the recovery of contributions from the employer under this Code relating to this Chapter;
or
(i) claim under sub-section (8) of section 41 for the recovery of the value or amount of the benefits
received by a person when he is not lawfully entitled thereto; or
(j) claim against an employer under section 42; or
(k) order of the appellate authority under section 126 in respect of Chapter IV; or
(l) claim by an employer to recover contributions from any contractor under this Code relating to this
Chapter; or
(m) any other claim for the recovery of any benefit admissible under this Chapter, such matter shall
be decided by the Employers' Insurance Court.
(2) No matter which is in dispute between an employer and the Corporation in respect of any
contribution or any other dues under this Chapter shall be raised by the employer in the Employees'
Insurance Court unless he has deposited with that Court fifty per cent. of the amount due from him as
claimed by the Corporation:
Provided that the Employees' Insurance Court may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, waive or
reduce the amount to be deposited under this sub-section.
(3) No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to decide or deal with any question or dispute as specified in
sub-section (1) or to adjudicate on any liability which by or under this Code relating to this Chapter is to be
decided by a medical board, or by a medical appeal tribunal or by the Employees' Insurance Court.