Section 1
Short title, extent and commencement.
The Employees Compensation Act, 1923
About this Act
An Act to provide for the payment by certain classes of employers to their workmen of compensation for injury by accident.
(1) This Act may be called the 1[Employee's]
Compensation Act, 1923.
2[(2) It extends to the whole of India 3***.]
(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1924.
2[(2) It extends to the whole of India 3***.]
(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1924.
Notes
1. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "Workmen's" (w.e.f. 18-1-2010 ).
2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
3. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).
2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
3. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).