THE PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT, 1972. ACT NO. 39 OF 1972, 21st August, 1972.
An Act to provide for a scheme for the payment of gratuity to employees engaged in factories, mines, oilfields, plantations, ports, railway companies, shops or other establishments and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
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| Sections | Particulars |
| 1 | Short title, extent, application and commencement |
| 2 | Definitions |
| 3 | Controlling authority |
| 4 | Payment of gratuity |
| 5 | Power to exempt |
| 6 | Nomination |
| 7 | Determination of the amount of gratuity |
| 8 | Recovery of gratuity |
| 9 | Penalties |
| 10 | Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases |
| 11 | Cognizance of offences |
| 12 | Protection of action taken in good faith |
| 13 | Protection of gratuity |
| 14 | Act to override other enactments, etc |
| 15 | Power to make rules |
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