Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Mode of recovery of months due from employers—Any amount due from the enaloyer in pursuance of the provisiens of this Act or the scheme may, if the amount i5 in arrear, be recovered * together with interest thereon at the same rate as applicable, from time to time, to the dues in arream'under the Abkari Act, I of 1077 in the same manner as an antar of land revemse. 1 •.&C 'f a" • - - .. -r'-- e amoyxti standing to the credit of i n5 lthefimdsballnotinanyway afbeingassignedorcharged be liable to attachment under decree or order of any court ih debi Or liability incurred by the snnbór and no.mccivei • 'tda.ge lnsolvScy Act, 1955jWb entitled to or have any claim on any such • . • .-e_ - ( . • • (2) Any *niott stapdingto the creditof a mcmber frfl&$mdas bethne of his deàth.ed payable to his nominee under the schemeisbalI;:ét to tiy - deneon authdtised by the scheme vest in the nominee and shall be*eeftUm any debt or other liability incurred by the deceased or the nominee bethre the death ot. themezuber . I • II. Priority of payment of contributions over other debts.Where any employer is adjudicated insolvent orbeing a company an order fir winding up is •• the amount due from the employer under the scheme shall, where thèlisbiliiy tlefor has accrued before the order of adjudication or winding up is made be • a -deS to be included among the debts which under section 64 of the Insélvancy. 4Q1, i955 or under section 530 of the Corlipanies Act, 1956 ire to be paid in priority to all other-debts in the distribution of the property of the insotveit or the assets of the codpany being wOund up as the case may be. Employer not to rSwe rnige etc.--Noeniploycr shall by reason only • of his liability for the payment of any contribution to the fil, reduce whether. directly or indirectly the wages of anjientployee to whom the scheme applies or the total quantum of benefits to which the employee is entitled under the terms of his employment express or implied. . . MEmbersof Board etc, to be public servants—Every Director of the Board, the Chief Welfare Fund Inspector and every Welfare Fund -Inspector ppoinS under this Act shall be deethãd toe a public tenant within the meaning ofsectionzlofthelndianpetialcode. . . • 14. Penally.—{l) Whoever for the pwpose M avoiding any-payment to be made by himself under this Act or widcflhe scheme or of enabling anyotber person to avoid such payment knowingly makes or causes to be made any thIle stAtement or false represcñti on shall be punishable with impthotthicnt for a tans which may extend to jnonths or with fine which may extend to 'one thousand rupees, or withboth. (2) WboevcrconUavenfloTndefràtirnpt,ingwithAoyof*c • proVisions of this1ct or of the scheme shk if no other penalty is elsévbcre • . provided by or under this Act for such cori¼avention ornoncotppliarice, tt . punishable with imprisonment for a tennwbich fr bdendtctl.ne rndt%ot with 'N fine Which may extend to five hundred )upeea or with -...- • '(2A) Nocowt inferith to that ofajtzdjcial strateMthe fit&th '4*.: •-;:. ___ - Q No eou&hall take C5gitlsunca of any offenct p thisMt except ol a eport$Cfiñgof the facts constituting suI withthipintiousaarLCtiOuOf St Cbiàf Welfare Fund Inspecto 14 A. Enhanced punishment far default in paymen ployees contributions already 'dethscted.—(l) WhoeQer makes default in thc"ymeflt of the employees sham of the contribution to the funflr having dedticId it fenn the wages. of the employees, in accordance with the prSions of this Act or the Scheme shall be punishable with inprisonment fora tcmi'which ma 'xtendto one. year but which shall not be less than three months and With fine w ich may extend ".tofourthonsandntpees.. . (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the code of criminal procedure, 1973 (Ceniral Act 2 of 1974); an otThnce under sub section (I) shaft be cognialt. . . . • - - 1411. Enhanced punishment for Second or subsequent offence.—Whoev* having been convicted by a court of an offende punishable under this Act, commits. the same offence again shall be punishable for every such subsequent offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year but which shall not he less than three months and with free which may eatead to fourthousand rupees.