The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act
4Power to add to Schedule I
(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to Schedule I any other industry in respect of the employees whereof it is of opinion that a provident fund scheme should be framed under this Act, and thereupon the industry so added shall be deemed to be an industry specified in Schedule I for the purposes of this Act.
(2) All notifications under sub-section (1) shall be laid before Parliament, as soon as may be, after they are issued.
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PRELIMINARY
- 1 Short title, extent and application
 - 2 Definitions
 - 2A Establishment to include all departments and branches
 - 3 Power to apply Act to an establishment which has a common provident fund with another establishmen
 - 4 Power to add to Schedule I
 - 5 Employees‟ Provident Fund Schemes
 - 5A Central Board
 - 5AA Executive Committee
 - 5B State Board
 - 5C Board of Trustees to be body corporate
 - 5D Appointment of officers
 - 5DD Acts and proceedings of the Central Board or its Executive Committee or the State Board not to be invalidated on certain grounds
 - 5E Delegation
 - 6 Contributions and matters which may be provided for in Schemes
 - 6A Employees' Pension Scheme
 - 6C Employees' Deposit-linked Insurance Scheme
 - 6D Laying of schemes before Parliament
 - 7 Modification of Scheme
 - 7A Determination of moneys due from employers
 - 7B Review of orders passed under section 7A
 - 7C Determination of escaped amount
 - 7D Tribuna
 - 7E [Omitted.]
 - 7F [Omitted.]
 - 7G [Omitted.]
 - 7H [Omitted.]
 - 7-I Appeals to Tribunal
 - 7J Procedure of Tribunals
 - 7K Right of appellant to take assistance of legal practitioner and of Government, etc., to appoint presenting officers
 - 7L Orders of Tribunal
 - 7M [Omitted.]
 - 7N [Omitted.]
 - 7-O Deposit of amount due, on filing appeal
 - 7P Transfer of certain applications to Tribunals
 - 7Q Interest payable by the employer
 - 8 Mode of recovery of moneys due from employers
 - 8A Recovery of moneys by employers and contractors
 - 8B Issue of certificate to the Recovery Officer
 - 8C Recovery Officer to whom certificate is to be forwarded
 - 8D Validity of certificate and amendment thereof
 - 8E Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof
 - 8F Other modes of recovery
 - 8G Application of certain provisions of Income-tax Act
 - 9 Fund to be recognised under Act 11 of 1922
 - 10 Protection against attachment
 - 11 Priority of payment of contributions over other debts
 - 12 Employer not to reduce wages, etc
 - 13 Inspectors
 - 14 Penalties
 - 14A Offences by companies
 - 14AA Enhanced punishment in certain cases after previous conviction
 - 14AB Certain offences to be cognizable
 - 14AC Cognizance and trial of offences
 - 14B Power to recover damages
 - 14C Power of court to make orders
 - 15 Special provisions relating to existing provident funds
 - 16 Act not to apply to certain establishments
 - 16A Authorising certain employers to maintain provident fund accounts
 - 17 Power to exempt
 - 17A Transfer of accounts
 - 17AA Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 31 of 1956
 - 17B Liability in case of transfer of establishment
 - 18 Protection of action taken in good faith
 - 18A Presiding Officer and other officers to be public servants
 - 19 Delegation of powers
 - 20 Power of Central Government to give directions
 - 21 Power to make rules
 - 22 Power to remove difficulties
 
