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EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Section 9

Title: Compensation not to be assigned, attached or charged

State: Central

Year: 1923

Save as provided by this Act no lump sum or half-monthly payment payable under this Act shall in any way be capable of being assigned or charged or be liable to attachment or pass to any person other than the 1[employee] by operation of law nor shall any claim be set off against the same. ______________________________ 1. Substituted by the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2009 [Act No. 45 of 2009] to be effective from 23rd December, 2009 previous text was:- "workman"

EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Chapter 2

Title: EMPLOYEES'S COMPENSATION

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....(2)" (w.e.f. 1-6-1959). 13. The words "solely and" omitted by Act 15 of 1933, sec. 3. 14. Substituted by the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2009 [Act No. 45 of 2009] to be effective from 23rd December, 2009 previous text was:- "workman" 15. Substituted by the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2009 [Act No. 45 of 2009] to be effective from 23rd December, 2009 previous text was:- "Workmen" Section 4 - Amount of compensation 1[(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the amount of compensation shall be as follows, namely:-- (a) where death results an from the injury amount equal to 2[fifty per cent.] of the monthly wages of the deceased 14[employee] multiplied by the relevant factor; or an amount of 9[one lakh and twenty thousand rupees], whichever is more; (b) where permanent total disablement results from the injury an amount equal to 4[sixty per cent.] of the monthly wages of the injured 14[employee] multiplied by the relevant factor; or an amount of 10[one lakh and forty thousand rupees], whichever is more; .....

Boilers Act, 1923 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....of explosion and the achievement of uniformity of practice in regard to the operation, inspection and maintenance of boilers. At the time of enactment, the Act was meant for the regulation of small capacity and low pressure Boilers, as then the boiler industry had not then developed sufficiently. Experience of the working of the Act has revealed certain practical difficulties. Apart from this, the progressively increasing industrialisation of the country in recent years has rendered the use of boilers of higher pressures and greater capacities inevitable and the existing Act and regulations are not quite adequate to meet present day requirements, especially in the matter of inspection. In view of these considerations and of the importance of boiler operation and maintenance, it is proposed to amend the Act suitably. 2, The Central Boilers Board which has been constituted under section 27Aof the existing Act deals mainly with matters concerning the registration and inspection of boilers. Boilers which were hitherto imported are also now being manufactured in India, When dealing with problems concerning the manufacture of boilers, the Board has to t: ke into account, on the.....

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....by rules made under this Act; (i) "qualified medical practitioner" means any person registered10[* * *] under any11[Central Act, Provincial Act, or an Act of the Legislature of a12[State]] providing for the maintenance of a register of medical practitioners, or, in any area where no such last-mentioned Act is in force, any person declared by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to be a qualified medical practitioner for the purposes of this Act;13[* * *] 14(k) "seaman" means any person forming part of the crew of any15[* * *] ship, but does not include the master of16[the] ship; (l) "total disablement" means such disablement, whether of a temporary or permanent nature, as incapacitates a workman for all work which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident resulting in such disablement:17[Provided that permanent total disablement shall be deemed to result from every injury specified in Part I of Schedule I or from any combination of injuries specified in Part II thereof where the aggregate percentage of the loss of earning capacity, as specified in the said Part II against those injuries, amounts to one hundred per cent or more;].....

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Section 4A

Title: Technical Adviser

State: Central

Year: 1923

1[4A. Technical Adviser (1) The Central Government shall appoint a Technical Adviser from amongst the persons having such qualifications and experience as may be prescribed by rules. (2) The terms and conditions of service of the Technical Adviser shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government. (3) The Technical Adviser shall, in addition to exercising the powers and discharging the functions assigned to him under this Act or rules or regulations made thereunder, exercise such other powers and discharge such functions as the Central Government and the Board may delegate to him.] ________________________________________ 1. Inserted by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 49 of 2007].

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Section 5

Title: Chief Inspectors, Deputy Chief Inspector and Inspectors

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....w.e.f. 06-05-1960 Prior to Substitution Section 5 stood as follows "5. Appointment of Chief Inspectors and Inspectors.- (1) The State Government may appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspector for the State for the purposes of this Act, and may define, the local limits within which each Inspector shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on Inspector by or under this Act. (2) The State Government shall likewise appoint a person to be Chief Inspector for the State, who, may, in addition to the powers and duties." Substituted for "Certificates of Competency" 2. Inserted by the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 49 of 2007].

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Section 7

Title: Registration

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....shall inspect the boiler with a view to satisfying himself that the boiler has not suffered any damage during its transit from the place or manufacture to the site of erection and forward a report of the inspection alongwith the documents to the Chief Inspector within seven days. (4) The Chief Inspector, on receipt of the report, may-- (a) register the boiler and assign a register number thereto either forthwith or after satisfying himself that any structural alteration, addition or renewal which he may deem necessary has been made in or to the boiler or any steam-pipe attached thereto, or (b) refuse to register the boiler: Provided that where the Chief Inspector refuses to register a boiler, he shall forthwith communicate his refusal to the owner of the boiler together with the reasons thereof. (5) The Chief Inspector shall, on registering the boiler, order the issue to the owner of a certificate in the prescribed form authorizing the use o the boiler for a period not exceeding twelve months at a pressure not exceeding such maximum pressure as he thinks fir and as is in accordance with the regulation made under this Act: 1[Provided that a certificate issued.....

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Amending Act III

Title: Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1960

State: Central

Year: 1923

THE INDIAN BOILERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1960 [Act, No. 18 of 1960] [6th May, 1960] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Indian Boilers Act, 1923 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eleven Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title This Act may be called the Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act, 1960 2. Amendment of section 2 In section 2 of the Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),- (a) in clause (b), for the words ``five gallons'', the figures and word ``22.75 litres'' shall be substituted; (b) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- `(c) ``Chief Inspector'', ``Deputy Chief Inspector'', and ``Inspector'' mean, respectively, a person appointed to be a Chief Inspector, a Deputy Chief Inspector and an Inspector under this Act;'; (c) for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted namely:- `(d) ``steam-pipe'' means any pipe through which steam passes from a boiler to a prime-mover or other user or both. if:- (i) the pressure at which steam passes through such pipe exceeds 3.5 kilograms per square centimetre above atmospheric pressure ; or (ii) such pipe exceeds.....

Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923) Amending Act IV

Title: Indian Boilers (Amendment) Act 2007

State: Central

Year: 1923

....."Competent Person" shall be substituted. 15. Amendment of section 15 In section 15 of the principal Act, for the words and figures "the Indian Factories Act, 1911(12 of 1911)", the words and figures "the Factories Act, 1948(63 of 1948)" shall be substituted 16. Amendment of section 18 In section 18 of the principal Act,-- (a) in sub-section (1), for the word "steam-pipe", at both the places where it occurs, the words "boiler component" shall be substituted; (b) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-- "(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), where any death has resulted due to any accident, an inquiry may be conducted by such person and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government.". 17. Amendment of section 19 Section 19 of the principal Act shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof and after sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-- "(2) Every appeal under sub-section (1) shall be made in such manner as may be prescribed by the State Government. (3) The procedure for disposing of an appeal shall be such as may be prescribed by the.....

EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 Complete Act

Title: EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....regarding fatal accidents Section10B - Reports of fatal accidents and serious bodily injuries Section11 - Medical examination Section12 - Contracting Section13 - Remedies of employer against stranger Section14 - Insolvency of employer Section14A - Compensation to be first charge on assets transferred by employer Section15 - Special provisions relating to masters and seamen Section15A - Special provisions relating to captains and other members of crew of aircrafts Section15B - Special provisions relating to employees abroad of companies and motor vehicles Section16 - Returns as to compensation Section17 - Contracting out Section18 - Proof of age (Repealed) Section18A - Penalties Chapter 3 Section19 - Reference to Commissioners Section20 - Appointment of Commissioners Section21 - Venue of proceeding and transfer Section22 - Form of application Section22A - Power of Commissioner to require further deposit in cases of fatal accident Section23 - Powers and procedure of Commissioners Section24 - Appearance of parties Section25 - Method of recording evidence Section25A - Time limit for disposal of cases relating to compensation Section26 - Costs Section27 -.....