Act Number: 34

Act Name: The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948

Year: 1948

Enactment Date: 1948-04-19

Long Title: An Act to provide for certain benefits to employees in case of sickness, maternity and employment injury and to make provision for certain other matters in relation thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 51A: Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment.
    151A. Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment.--For the purposes of this Act, an accident arising in the course of 1[an employee's] employment shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, also to have arisen out of that employment.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 44 of 1966, s. 23, for section 51 (w.e.f. 28-1-1968).
2. Subs. by Act 18 of 2010, s. 12, for "an insured person's" (w.e.f. 1-6-2010).
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