{"act":{"id":"employees-compensation-act-1923","short_title":"The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923","long_title":null,"act_number":"8","act_year":1923,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":null,"department":null,"jurisdiction":"Bihar","unit":"section","section_count":54,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"ocr","scan_url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/scan/17a23d70-1be8-493c-b790-5a34de728ce5.pdf","url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/employees-compensation-act-1923/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"17","heading":"Contracting out","text":"Any contract or agreement whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, whereby a2[employee] relinquishes any right of compensation from the employer for personal injury arising out of or in the course of the employment, shall be null and void in so far as it purports to remove or reduce the liability of any person to pay compensation under this Act. 4[17A.Duty of employer to inform employee of his rights .- Every employer shall immediately at the time of employment of an employee, inform the employee of his rights to compensation under this 1. Subs. by Act 45 of 2009, s. 5, for \"workmen\" (w.e.f.18-1-2010). 2. Subs. by s. 5,ibid., for \"workman\" (w.e.f.18-1-2010). 3. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for \"G.G. in C\". 4. Ins. by Act 11 of 2017, s. 2 (w.e.f.15-5-2017). Act, in writing as well as through electronic means, in English or Hindi or in the official language of the area of employment, as may be understood by the employee.]","html":"<p>Any contract or agreement whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, whereby a2[employee] relinquishes any right of compensation from the employer for personal injury arising out of or in the course of the employment, shall be null and void in so far as it purports to remove or reduce the liability of any person to pay compensation under this Act. 4[17A.Duty of employer to inform employee of his rights .- Every employer shall immediately at the time of employment of an employee, inform the employee of his rights to compensation under this 1. Subs. by Act 45 of 2009, s. 5, for &quot;workmen&quot; (w.e.f.18-1-2010). 2. Subs. by s. 5,ibid., for &quot;workman&quot; (w.e.f.18-1-2010). 3. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for &quot;G.G. in C&quot;. 4. Ins. by Act 11 of 2017, s. 2 (w.e.f.15-5-2017). Act, in writing as well as through electronic means, in English or Hindi or in the official language of the area of employment, as may be understood by the employee.]</p>","words":165,"text_source":"ocr"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/employees-compensation-act-1923/section/17/","note":null,"source_note":"Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/17a23d70-1be8-493c-b790-5a34de728ce5.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/7df3415c-6e5c-4c3b-ae84-30f67965cd1f/content).","judgments_note":"Judgment holdings are the ratio decidendi as extracted from the order by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered. Reported judgments only.","licence":"Published with commentary and other original matter under s.52(1)(q)(ii), Copyright Act 1957."}