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The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act

14CPower of court to make orders

1[14C. Power of court to make orders.--(1) Where an employer is convicted of an offence of making default in the payment of any contribution to the Fund 2[, the 3[Pension] Fund or the Insurance Fund or in the transfer of accumulations required to be transferred by him under sub-section (2) of section 15 or sub-section (5) of section 17, the court may, in addition to awarding any punishment, by order in writing require him within a period specified in the order (which the court may, if it thinks fit and on application in that behalf, from time to time, extend), to pay the amount of contribution or transfer the accumulations, as the case may be, in respect of which the offence was committed.

(2) Where an order is made under sub-section (1), the employer shall not be liable under this Act in respect of the continuation of the offence during the period or extended period, if any, allowed by the court, but if, on the expiry of such period or extended period, as the case may be, the order of the court has not been fully complied with, the employer shall be deemed to have committed a further offence and shall be punished with imprisonment in respect thereof under section 14 and shall also be liable to pay fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day after such expiry on which the order has not been complied with.]

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1. Ins. by Act 40 of 1973, s. 7 (w.e.f. 1-11-1973).

2. Subs. by Act 99 of 1976, s. 33, for "or the Family Pension Fund" (w.e.f. 1-8-1976).

3. Subs. by Act 25 of 1996, s. 4, for "Family Pension" (w.e.f. 16-11-1995).

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