EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT
1952
- 1. Short title, extent and application
- 2. Definitions
- 2-A. Establishment to include all departments and branches
- 3. Power to apply Act to an establishment which has a common provident fund with another establishment
- 4. Power to add to Schedule I
- 5. Employees' Provident Fund Schemes
- 5-A. Central Board
- 5-AA. Executive Committee
- 5-B. State Board
- 5-C. Board of Trustees to be body corporate
- 5-D. Appointment of officers
- 5-DD. Acts and proceedings of the Central Board or Its Executive Committee or the State Board not to be invalidated on certain
- 5-E. Delegation
- 6. Contributions and matters which may be provided for in Schemes
- 6-A. Employees' Pension Scheme
- 6-C. Employees' Deposit-linked Insurance Scheme
- 6-D. Laying of schemes before Parliament
- 7. Modification of Scheme
- 7-A. Determination of moneys due from employers
- 7-B. Review of orders passed under Section 7-A
- 7-C. Determination of escaped amount
- 7-D. Employees' Provident Funds Appellate Tribunal
- 7-E. Term of office
- 7-F. Resignation
- 7-G. Salary and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Presiding Officer
- 7-H. Staff of Tribunal
- 7-I. Appeals to Tribunal
- 7-J. Procedure of Tribunals
- 7-K. Right of appellant to take assistance of legal practitioner and of Government, etc., to appoint presenting officers.
- 7-L. Orders of Tribunal
- 7-M. Filling up of vacancies
- 7-N. Finality of orders constituting a Tribunal
- 7-O. Deposit of amount due, on filing appeal
- 7-P. Transfer of certain applications to Tribunals
- 7-Q. Interest payable by the employer
- 8. Mode of recovery of moneys due from employers
- 8-A. Recovery of moneys by employers and contractors
- 8-B. Issue of certificate to the Recovery Officer
- 8-C. Recovery Officer to whom certificate Is to be forwarded
- 8-D. Validity of certificate and amendment thereof
- 8-E. Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof
- 8-F. Other modes of recovery
- 8-G. Application of certain provisions of Income-Tax Act
- 9. Fund to be recognised under Act 11 of 1922
- 10. Protection against attachment
- 11. Priority of payment of contributions over other debts
- 12. Employer not to reduce wages, etc
- 13. Inspectors
- 14. Penalties
- 14-A. Offences by companies
- 14-AA. Enhanced punishment in certain cases after previous conviction
- 14-AB. Certain offences to be cognizable
- 14-AC. Cognizance and trial of offences
- 14-B. Power to recover damages
- 14-C. Power of court to make orders
- 15. Special provisions relating to existing provident funds
- 16. Act not to apply to certain establishments
- 16-A. Authorising certain employers to maintain provident fund accounts
- 17. Power to exempt
- 17-A. Transfer of accounts.
- 17-AA. Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 31 of 1956.
- 17-B. Liability in case of transfer of establishment
- 18. Protection of action taken In good faith
- 18-A. Presiding Officer and other officers to be public servants
- 19. Delegation of powers
- 20. Power of Central Government to give directions
- 21. Power to make rules
- 22. Power to remove difficulties