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Notes 5. Can the amount standing to the credit of any member in the Fund be assigned, charged or
attached?
6. What are the powers of the Inspectors appointed under the Act?
7. What are the offences under the Act and what is the punishment for them?
8. Is any damage leviable on the-employer delaying any payment due from him under the
Act or the Schemes?
9. Could the employer be punished under section 14B in case the remittance of contribution
by him is delayed in a bank or post office?

10. Who is eligible to become a member of the Fund?
11. Are the persons employed by or through a contractor covered under the Scheme?
12. What is the contribution payable by the employer and the employee under the Scheme?

13. Is it permissible for any member to contribute at a rate higher than the rate of 8 1 3
percent?
14. Is any interest payable on the Provident Fund accumulations of a member?

15. What are the benefits provided under the Scheme?
16. Who is entitled to receive the accumulations in the Provident Fund account of a deceased
member?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. False 2. True

3. False 4. Insurance Fund
5. Superannuation 6. Pension Fund
7. True 8. False
9. True 10. 10%
11. Provident Fund 12. Exempted
13. False 14. True

15. False 16. Civil
17. Contractor 18. Employers
19. True 20. True
21. False

11.11 Further Readings

Books Rao, VSP. Industrial Relations & Labour Laws, Excel Books, New Delhi, 2008
Singh, B.D. Industrial Relations & Labour Laws, Excel Books, New Delhi, 2008
Singh, B.D. Industrial Relations: Emerging Paradigms, Excel Books, New Delhi,
2008
Singh, B.D. Labour Laws, Excel Books, New Delhi, 2007

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