The Payment of Gratuity Act `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.1972
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1Short title, extent, application and commencement2Definitions2AContinuous service3Controlling authority4Payment of gratuity4ACompulsory insurance5Power to exempt6Nomination7Determination of the amount of gratuity7AInspectors7BPowers of Inspectors8Recovery of gratuity9Penalties10Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases11Cognizance of offences12Protection of action taken in good faith13Protection of gratuity14Act to override other enactments, etc15Power to make rules