Section List

Act Number: 27

Act Name: The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996

Year: 1996

Enactment Date: 1996-08-19

Long Title: An Act to regulate the employment and conditions of service of building and other construction workers and to provide for their safety, health and welfare measures and for other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section NumberTitleActions
1 Short title, extent, commencement and application.
2 Definitions.
3 Central Advisory Committee.
4 State Advisory Committee.
5 Expert committees.
6 Appointment of registering officers.
7 Registration of establishments.
8 Revocation of registration in certain cases.
9 Appeal.
10 Effect of non-registration.
11 Beneficiaries of the Fund.
12 Registration of building workers as beneficiaries.
13 Identity cards.
14 Cessation as a beneficiary.
15 Register of beneficiaries.
16 Contribution of building workers.
17 Effect of non-payment of contribution.
18 Constitution of State Welfare Boards.
19 Secretary and other officers of Boards.
20 Meetings of Boards.
21 Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Boards.
22 Functions of the Boards.
23 Grants and loans by the Central Government.
24 Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Fund and its application.
25 Budget.
26 Annual report.
27 Accounts and audit.
28 Fixing hours for normal working day, etc.
29 Wages for overtime work.
30 Maintenance of registers and records.
31 Prohibition of employment of certain persons in certain building or other construction work.
32 Drinking water.
33 Latrines and urinals.
34 Accommodation.
35 Creches.
36 First-aid
37 Canteens, etc.
38Safety Committee and safety officers
39 Notice of certain accidents.
40. Power of appropriate Government to make rules for the safety and health of building workers.
41Framing of model rules for safety measures.
42 Appointment of Director-General, Chief Inspector and Inspectors.
43 Powers of Inspectors.
44 Responsibility of employers
45Responsibility for payment of wages and compensation
46Notice of commencement of building or other construction work.
47Penalty for contravention of provisions regarding safety measures.
48Penalty for failure to give notice of the commencement of the building or other construction work.
49Penalty for obstructions
50Penalty for other offences
51Appeal.
52Recovery of penalty.
53Offences by companies
54Cognizance of offences
55Limitation of prosecutions
56Delegation of powers
57 Returns
58Application of Act 8 of 1923 to building workers.
59Protection of action taken in good faith
60Power of Central Government to give directions.
61Power to remove difficulties.
62Power to make rules.
63Saving of certain laws.
64Repeal and saving
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