PERSONAL INJURIES (COMPENSATION INSURANCE) ACT, 1963

 

SECTION      

PRELIMINARY

 

1.         Short title, extent and commencement    

2.         Definitions

COMPENSATION PAYABLE UNDER THE ACT

 

3.         Workmen to whom the Act applies

4.         Compensation payable under the Act by whom and how payable

5.         Limitation on right to receive compensation otherwise than under this Act and Act 59 of 1962

6.         Special provisions in relation to employees of Government

7.         Amount of compensation

 

PERSONAL INJURIES (COMPENSATION INSURANCE) SCHEME

 

8.         Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Scheme

9.         Compulsory insurance

10.        Principles and contractors

11.        Employment of agents by the Central Government

12.        Prohibition of certain insurance business

13.        Personal injuries (Compensation Insurance) Fund

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

14.        Power of Central Government to obtain information

15.        Recovery of premium unpaid

16.        Payment of compensation where an employer has failed to insure

17.        Limitation of prosecutions

18.        Composition of offences

19.        Power of magistrate to impose any sentence

20.        Bar of legal proceedings

21.        Power to exempt employers

22.        Power to make rules

23.        Power to remove difficulties

24.        Scheme to be laid before both Houses of Parliament

 

SCHEDULE