Act 37 of 1963

The Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act, 1963

An Act to impose on employers a liability to pay compensation to workmen sustaining personal injuries and to provide for the insurance of employers against such liability.

  • Ministry of Labour and Employment
  • Enacted 1963-10-08
  • 24 sections
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1 Short title, extent and commencement. RepealedRead
2 Definitions. RepealedRead
3 Workmen to whom the Act applies. RepealedRead
4 Compensation payable under the Act, by whom and how payable. RepealedRead
5 Limitation on right to receive compensation otherwise than under this Act and Act 59 of 1962. RepealedRead
6 Special provisions in relation to employees of Government. RepealedRead
7 Amount of compensation. RepealedRead
8 Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Scheme. RepealedRead
9 Compulsory insurance. RepealedRead
10 Principals and contractors. RepealedRead
11 Employment of agents by the Central Government. RepealedRead
12 Prohibition of certain insurance business. RepealedRead
13 Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Fund. RepealedRead
14 Power of Central Government to obtain information. RepealedRead
15 Recovery of premium unpaid. RepealedRead
16 Payment of compensation where an employer has failed to insure. RepealedRead
17 Limitation of prosecutions. RepealedRead
18 Composition of offences. RepealedRead
19 Power of magistrate to impose any sentence. RepealedRead
20 Bar of legal proceedings. RepealedRead
21 Power to exempt employers. RepealedRead
22 Power to make rules. RepealedRead
23 Power to remove difficulties. RepealedRead
24 Every scheme and rule to be laid before Parliament. RepealedRead
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