Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 - Powers and duties of Inspectors

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14. Appointment of Inspectors.- The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint such officers as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the purposes of this Act and may define the local limits of the jurisdiction within which they shall exercise their functions under this Act.

15. Powers and duties of Inspectors.-An Inspector may, subject to such restrictions or conditions as may be prescribed, exercise all or any of the following powers, namely:-

(a) enter at all reasonable times with such assistants, if any, being persons in the service of the Government or any local or other public authority , as he thinks fit, any premises or place where woman are employed or work is given to them in an establishment, for the purposes of examining any registers, records and notices required to be kept or exhibited by or under this Act and require their production for inspection;

(b) examine any person whom he finds in any premises or place and who, he has reasonable cause to believe, is employed in the establishment:

Provided that no person shall be compelled under this section to answer any question or give any evidence tending to incriminate himself;

(c) require the employer to give information regarding the names and addresses of women employed, payments made to them, and applications or notices received from them under this Act; and

(d) take copies of any registers and records or notices or any portions thereof.

16. Inspectors to be public servants.-Every Inspector appointed under this Act shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).

17. Power of Inspector to direct payments to be made.-1[(1) Any woman claiming that-

(a) maternity benefit or any other amount to which she is entitled under this Act and any person claiming that payment due under section 7 has been improperly withheld;

(b) her employer has discharged or dismissed her during or on account of her absence from work in accordance with the provisions of this Act, may make a complaint to the Inspector.

(2) The Inspector may, of his own motion or on receipt of a complaint referred to in sub- section (1), make an inquiry or cause an inquiry to be made and if satisfied that-
(a) payment has been wrongfully withheld, may direct the payment to be made in accordance with his orders;

(b) she has been discharged or dismissed during or on account of her absence from work in accordance with the provisions of this Act, may pass such orders as are just and proper according to the circumstances of the case.]

(3) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Inspector under sub-section (2) may, within thirty days from the date on which such decision is communicated to such person, appeal to the prescribed authority.

(4) The decision of the prescribed authority where an appeal has been preferred to it under sub-section.

 (3) or of the Inspector where no such appeal has been preferred, shall be final.

1[(5) Any amount payable under this section shall be recoverable by the Collector on a certificate issued for that amount by the Inspector as an arrear of land revenue.]

COMMENTS

Availability of this remedy i.e. appeal to prescribed authority will not bar the aggrieved person to file a suit against the decision of Inspector in any court or competent jurisdiction; Thomas Eapen v. Assistant Labour Officer, 1993 LLR 800 (Ker).

Subs. by Act 61 of 1988, sec.8 (w.e.f. 10-1-1989).


 

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mahakmannu, India

is there any provision of maternity leaves for the mother [working in state government sector] who wish to adopt a new born baby?

GovtjobsinOdosha, India

Sir Iam preparing for the Government jobs in odisha please update about Govt jobs in Odosha

Sudhakar2529, Japan

Hi, my wife is working in an institute from last 5 years. She is 3 months pregnant on inquiring with their HR, they told that she has to resign serving 3 months notice period forget about the maternity benefits. Please let me know should I complain about this to the Inspector now or should I wait till the delivery happen. Please suggest.

rashmi25913, India

I am 8 months pregnant and getting a chance to be employed as a government teacher.In this case I won't be able to work more than 20 or 25 days.If i go on maternity leave will I get the benefits or the state government will terminate me?

DS_2508

I am 2 months pregnant and not keeping well. Can i take a month leave in the third month and then continue the job? Please suggest.

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