The War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act, 1943

( ACT NO. XXIII OF 1943 )

[ 2nd September, 1943 ]
An Act to impose on employers a liability to pay compensation to workmen sustaining war injuries and to provide for the insurance of employers against such liability.1♣

 
 
 
WHEREAS it is expedient to impose on employers a liability to pay compensation to workmen sustaining war injuries and to provide for the insurance of employers against such liability;
 
 
 
 
It is hereby as follows:-
 
 
 
 
 

CONTENTS

SECTIONS

1. Short title, extent and commencement

2. Definitions

3. Compensation payable under the Act by whom and how payable

4. Limitation on right to receive compensation otherwise than under this Act and Ordinance VII of 1941

5. Amount of compensation

6. Workmen to whom the Act applies

7. War Injuries Compensation Insurance Scheme

8. Employment of agents by the Government

9. Compulsory insurance

10. Prohibition of certain insurance business

11. War Injuries Compensation Insurance Fund

12. Principals and contractors

13. Power of Government to obtain information

14. Recovery of premium unpaid

15. Payment of compensation where employer has failed to insure

16. Limitation of prosecutions

17. Composition of offences

18. Bar of legal proceedings

19. Power to exempt employers

20. Power to make rules

21. [Omitted.]

Schedule

SCHEDULE