Title : Vacancies, Etc., Not to Invalidate Proceedings of the Boards
State : Central
Year : 1996
No act or proceedings of a Board shall be invalid merely by reason of-- (a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Board; or (b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the Board; or (c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Board not affecting the merits of the case. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Functions of the Boards
State : Central
Year : 1996
(1) The Board may-- (a) provide immediate assistance to a beneficiary in case of accident; (b) make payment of pension to the beneficiaries who have completed the age of sixty years; (c) sanction loans and advances to a beneficiary for construction of a house not exceeding such amount and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed; (d) pay such amount in connection with premia for Group Insurance Scheme of the beneficiaries as it may deem fit; (e) give such financial assistance for the education of children of the beneficiaries as may be prescribed; (f) meet such medical expenses for treatment of major ailments of a beneficiary or, such dependant, as may be prescribed; (g) make payment of maternity benefit to the female beneficiaries; and (h) make provision and..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Accounts and Audit
State : Central
Year : 1996
(1) The Board shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts in such form as may be prescribed in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. (2) The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any other person appointed by him in connection with the auditing of the accounts of the Board under this Act shall have the same rights and privileges and the authority in connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has in connection with the auditing of the Government accounts and in particular shall have the right to demand the production of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and papers and to inspect any of the officers of the Board under this Act. (3) The..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Hours of Work, Welfare Measures and Other Conditions of Service of Building Workers
State : Central
Year : 1996
(1) The appropriate Government may, by rules. -- (a) fix the number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day for a building worker, inclusive of one or more specified intervals; (b) provide for a day of rest in every period of seven days which shall be allowed to all building workers and for the payment of remuneration in respect of such days of rest; (c) provide for payment of work on a day of rest at a rate not less than the overtime rate specified in section 29. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall, in relation to the following classes of building workers, apply only to such extent, and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed, namely: -- (a) persons engaged on urgent work, or in any emergency which could not have been foreseen or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Fixing Hours for Normal Working Day, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1996
(1) The appropriate Government may, by rules. -- (a) fix the number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day for a building worker, inclusive of one or more specified intervals; (b) provide for a day of rest in every period of seven days which shall be allowed to all building workers and for the payment of remuneration in respect of such days of rest; (c) provide for payment of work on a day of rest at a rate not less than the overtime rate specified in section 29. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall, in relation to the following classes of building workers, apply only to such extent, and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed, namely: -- (a) persons engaged on urgent work, or in any emergency which could not have been foreseen or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Wages for Overtime Work
State : Central
Year : 1996
(1) Where any building worker is required to work on any day in excess of the number of hours constituting a normal working day, he shall be entitled to wages at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages. (2) For the purposes of this section, "ordinary rates of wages" means the basic wages plus such allowances as the worker is for the time being entitled to but docs not include any bonus. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Maintenance of Registers and Records
State : Central
Year : 1996
(1) Every employer shall maintain such registers and records giving such particulars of building workers employed by him, the work performed by them, the number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day for them, a day of rest in every period of seven days which shall be allowed to them, the wages paid to them, the receipts given by them and such other particulars in such form as may be prescribed. (2) Even, employer shall keep exhibited, in such manner as may be prescribed, in the place where such workers may be employed, notices in the prescribed form containing the prescribed particulars. (3) The appropriate Government may, by rules, provide for the issue of wage books or wage slips to building workers employed in an establishment and prescribe the manner in..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Prohibition of Employment of Certain Persons in Certain Building or Other Construction Work
State : Central
Year : 1996
No person about whom the employer knows or has reason to believe that he is a deaf or he has a defective vision or he has a tendency to giddiness shall be required or allowed to work in any such operation of building or other construction work which is likely to involve a risk of any accident either to the building worker himself or to any other person. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Drinking Water
State : Central
Year : 1996
(1) The employer shall make in every place where building or other construction work is in progress, effective arrangements to provide and maintain at suitable points conveniently situated for all persons employed therein, a sufficient supply of wholesome drinking water. (2) All such points shall be legibly marked "Drinking Water" in a language understood by a majority of the persons employed in such place and no such point shall be situated within six metres of any washing place, urinal or latrine. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Latrines and Urinals
State : Central
Year : 1996
In every place where building or other construction work is carried on, the employer shall provide sufficient latrine and urinal accommodation of such types as may be prescribed and they shall be so conveniently situated as may be accessible to the building workers at all times while they are in such place: Provided that it shall not be necessary to provide separate urinals in any place where less than fifty persons arc employed or where the latrines are connected to a water-borne sewage system. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section