Section 9

Compensation not to be assigned, attached or charged.

The Employees Compensation Act, 1923

  • Act 8 of 1923
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment
About this Act

An Act to provide for the payment by certain classes of employers to their workmen of compensation for injury by accident.

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    Save as provided by this Act, no lump sum or half-monthly payment payable under this Act shall in any way be capable of being assigned or charged or be liable to attachment or pass to any person other than the 1[employee] by operation of law, nor shall any- claim be set off against the same.

Notes

1. Subs. by Act 45 of 2009, s. 5, for "workman" (w.e.f. 18-1-2010).

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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