Section 17
Contracting out.
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.
Any contract or agreement whether made before or after the commencement
of this Act, whereby a 1[employee] relinquishes any right of compensation from the employer for personal
injury arising out of or in the course of the employment, shall be null and void in so far as it purports to
remove or reduce the liability of any person to pay compensation under this Act.
Notes
1. Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for "workman" (w.e.f. 18-1-2010).