Section 18
Power to recover damages.
The Seamens Provident Fund Act, 1966
About this Act
An Act to provide for the institution of a provident fund for seamen.
Where any employer makes default in the payment of
any contribution to the Fund or in the payment of any charges payable under any other provision of this
Act or under the Scheme, the Government may recover from the employer such damages, not exceeding
twenty-five per cent. of the amount of arrears, as it may think fit.