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Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 Complete Act - Bare Act

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Preamble1 - BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENTAND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ACT, 1996
Chapter I
Section1 - Short title, extent, commencement and application
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II
Section3 - Central Advisory Committee
Section4 - State Advisory Committee
Section5 - Expert Committees
Chapter III
Section6 - Appointment of registering officers
Section7 - Registration of establishments
Section8 - Revocation of registration in certain cases
Section9 - Appeal
Section10 - Effect of non-registration
Chapter IV
Section11 - Beneficiaries of the Fund
Section12 - Registration of building workers as beneficiaries
Section13 - Identity cards
Section14 - Cessation as a beneficiary
Section15 - Register of beneficiaries
Section16 - Contribution of building workers
Section17 - Effect of non-payment of contribution
Chapter V
Section18 - Constitution of State Welfare Boards
Section19 - Secretary and other officers of Boards
Section20 - Meetings of Board
Section21 - Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Boards
Section22 - Functions of the Boards
Section23 - Grants and loans by the Central Government
Section24 - Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Fund and its application
Section25 - Budget
Section26 - Annual report
Section27 - Accounts and audit
Chapter VI
Section28 - Fixing hours for normal working day, etc.
Section29 - Wages for overtime work
Section30 - Maintenance of registers and records
Section31 - Prohibition of employment of certain persons in certain building or other construction work
Section32 - Drinking water
Section33 - Latrines and urinals
Section34 - Accommodation
Section35 - Creches
Section36 - First-aid
Section37 - Canteens, etc.
Chapter VII
Section38 - Safety Committee and safety officers
Section39 - Notice of certain accidents
Section40 - Power of appropriate Government to makes rules for the safety and health of building workers
Section41 - Framing of model rules for safety measures
Chapter VIII
Section42 - Appointment of Director-General, Chief Inspector and Inspectors
Section43 - Powers of Inspectors
Chapter IX
Section44 - Responsibility of employers
Section45 - Responsibility for payment of wages and compensation
Section46 - Notice of commencement of building or other construction work
Chapter X
Section47 - Penalty for contravention of provisions regarding safety measures
Section48 - Penalty for failure to give notice of the commencement of the building or other construction work
Section49 - Penalty for obstructions
Section50 - Penalty for other offences
Section51 - Appeal
Section52 - Recovery of penalty
Section53 - Offences by companies
Section54 - Cognizance of offiences
Section55 - Limitation of prosecutions
Chapter XI
Section56 - Delegation of powers
Section57 - Returns
Section58 - Application of Act 8 of 1923 to building workers
Section59 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section60 - Power of Central Government to give directions
Section61 - Power to remove difficulties
Section62 - Power to make rules
Section63 - Saving of certain laws
Section64 - Repeal and saving


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