WORKMENS COMPENSATION ACT 1923

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Workmen’s Compensation 
1923: Act VIII 
CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I 
Preliminary 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
CHAPTER II 
Workmen’s Compensation 
3. Employer's liability for compensation. 
4. Amount of Compensation. 
5. Method of calculating wages. 
6. Review. 
7. Commutation of half-monthly payments. 
8. Distribution of compensation. 
9. Compensation not to be assigned, attached or charged . 
 10. Notice and claim. 
10A.  Power to require from employers statements regarding fatal 
accidents. 
10B. Reports of fatal accident. 
10C. Officers authorized may refer cases for payment of compensation . 
10D. Fixation of abstracts of the Act or rules at the entrance of the 
premises. 
 11. Medical examination. 
 12. Contracting. 
 13. Remedies of employer against stranger . 
 14. Insolvency of employer. 
 15. [Omitted] 
THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, 
1923 
 
(VIII of 1923) 
 16. Returns as to compensation. 
 17. Contracting out. 
 18. Proof of age. 
18A. Penalties. 
CHAPTER III 
Commissioners 
 19. Reference to Commissioners. 
 20. Appointment of Commissioners. 
 21. Venue of proceedings and transfer. 
 22. Form of application. 
22A. Power of Commissioner to require further deposit in cases of fatal 
accident. 
 23. Powers and procedure of Commissioners. 
 24. Appearance of parties. 
 25. Method of recording evidence. 
 26. Costs. 
 27. Power to submit cases. 
 28. Registration of agreements. 
 29. Effect of failure to register agreement. 
 30. Appeals. 
30A. Withholding of certain payments pending decision of appeal. 
 31. Recovery. 
CHAPTER IV 
RULES 
 32. Power of the Governor General in Council to make rules. 
 33. [Omitted] 
 34. Publication of rules. 
 35. [Omitted] 
 
SCHEDULE I 
List of injuries deemed to result in permanent total disablement. 
SCHEDULE II 
SCHEDULE III 
List of occupational diseases. 
SCHEDULE IV 
Compensation payable in certain cases. 
 
 
TEXT 
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THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923 
(VIII of 1923) 
[10 March 1923] 
An 
Act 
to provide for the payment by certain classes of employers to their workmen of 
compensation for injury by accident. 
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the payment by certain classes of employers to 
their workmen of compensation for injury by accident; It is hereby enacted as follows:– 
CHAPTER I 
Preliminary 
1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be called the Workmen‟s 
Compensation Act, 1923. 
(2) 
2
[It extends to the whole of 
3
[the Punjab]]. 
(3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1924. 
2. Definitions.– (1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or 
context,– 
(a) "adult" and “minor” mean respectively a person who is not and a person who 
is under the age of fifteen years; 
(b) "Commissioner" means a Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation 
appointed under section 20; 
(c) "compensation" means compensation as provided for by this Act; 
4
[(d) "dependent" means any of the following relatives of a deceased workman, 
namely:–  
(i)  a 
5
[widow], minor legitimate son and unmarried legitimate daughter, or 
a widowed mother, and  
(ii)  if wholly or in part dependent on the earnings of the workman at the 
time of his death, a 
6
[widower], a parent other than a widowed mother, 
a minor illegitimate son, an unmarried illegitimate daughter, a 
daughter legitimate or illegitimate if married and a minor or if widowed, 
a minor brother, an unmarried or widowed sister, a widowed daughter-
                                                           
1This Act received the assent of the Governor General on the 5 th March, 1923 and published in the Gazette of India, Part -IV, 
dated March 10, 1923, pp. 33-42. 
2Substituted by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960) , published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated June 9, 1960, pp. 725-845, s. 3 and Second Schedule. 
3Substituted for the word “Pakistan” by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, s. 2.  
4Substituted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 19 33), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a)(i) of s. 2. 
5Substituted for the word “wife” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of  1938), published in the 
Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (a) of s. 2. 
6Substituted for the word “husband” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the 
Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (b) of s. 2. 
in-law, a minor child of a deceased son, 
1
[a minor child of a deceased 
daughter where no parent of the child is alive,] or, where no parent of 
the workman is alive, a paternal grandparent;]  
(e) "employer" includes anybody of persons whether incorporated or not and any 
managing agent of an employer and the legal representative of a deceased 
employer, and, when the services of a workman are temporarily lent or let o n 
hire to another person by the person with whom the workman has entered 
into a contract of service or apprenticeship, means such other person while 
the workman is working for him; 
(f) “managing agent” means any person appointed or acting as the 
representative of another person for the purpose of carrying on such other 
person‟s trade or business, but does not include an individual manager 
subordinate to an employer; 
(g) "partial disablement" means, where the disablement is of a temporary nature, 
such disabl ement as reduces the earning capacity of a workman in any 
employment in which he was engaged at the time of the accident resulting in 
the disablement, and, where the disablement is of a permanent nature, such 
disablement as reduces his earning capacity in every employment which he 
was capable of undertaking at that time: provided that every injury specified in 
Schedule I shall be deemed to result in permanent partial disablement; 
(h) "prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 
2
[(hh) “Provincial Government” means Government of the Punjab;] 
(i) “qualified medical practitioner" means any person registered  
3
[* * * * * * * * * * 
* * * ] under any Act of  
4
[the Central Legislature or any Provincial Legislature] 
providing for the maintenance of a re gister of medical practitioners, or, in any 
area where no such last -mentioned Act is in force, any person declared by 
the Local Government, by notification in the local official Gazette, to be a 
qualified medical practitioner for the purposes of this Act; 
(j) 
5
[* * * * * * * * *   ] 
(k) 
6
[* * * * * * * * *   ] 
(I) "total disablement" means such disablement, whether of a temporary or 
permanent nature, as incapacitates a workman for all work which he was 
capable of performing at the time of the accident resul ting in such 
disablement: provided that permanent total disablement shall be deemed to 
result from the permanent total loss of the sight of both eyes or from any 
combination of injuries specified in Schedule I where the aggregate 
percentage of the loss of earning capacity, as specified in that Schedule 
against those injuries, amounts to one hundred per cent; 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Act, ibid., clause (c) of s. 2. 
2Inserted by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (a) of s. 3.  
3Omitted the words “under the Medical Act, 1858, or any Act amending the same, or” by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declarati on) 
Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), published in the Gazette of Paki stan (Extraordinary), dated July 8, 1981 , pp. 345-475, s. 3 and 
Second Schedule. 
4Substituted for the words “any Legislature in British India” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949, vide 
Notification No. G.G.O. 4, dated 25th March, 1949, published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, 
pp. 223-283, s. 3 (1). 
5Omitted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a)(ii) of s. 2. 
6Omitted by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (b) of s. 3.  
1
[(ll)  
2
[“Tribunal” shall mean the same as in the Punjab Industrial Relations Act, 
2010 (XIX of 2010);]] 
(m) "wages" includes any privilege or benefit  which is capable of being estimated 
in money, other than a traveling allowance or the value of any traveling 
concession or a contribution paid by the employer of a workman towards any 
pension or provident fund or a sum paid to a workman to cover any speci al 
expenses entailed on him by the nature of his employment; 
(n) "workman" means any person (other than a person whose employment is of a 
casual nature and who is employed otherwise than for the purposes of the 
employer's trade or business) who is– 
(i) a r ailway servant as defined in section 3 of the 
3
[***] Railways Act, 
1890
4
, not permanently employed in any administrative, district or sub-
divisional office of railway and not employed in any such capacity as is 
specified in Schedule II, or 
(ii) employed, 
5
[* * * *] 
6
[* * *] in any such capacity as is specified in 
Schedule II,  
whether the contract of employment was made before or after the passing of 
this Act and whether such contract is expressed or implied, oral or in 
writing; but does not include any per son working in the capacity of a 
member of 
7
[* * *] naval, military or air forces 
8
[* * *]; and any reference 
to a workman who has been injured shall, where the workman is dead, 
include a reference to his dependents or any of them. 
(2) The exercise and performance of the powers and duties of a local authority or 
of any department 
9
[acting on behalf of the 
10
[Government]] shall, for the purposes of this Act, 
unless a contrary intention appears, be deemed to be the trade or business of such authority 
or department. 
11
[(3) The 
12
[Provincial Government], after giving, by notification in the 
13
[Official 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 (XI of 1975), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), Part I, 
dated January 25, 1975, pp. 18-20, s. 2 and the Schedule.  
2Substituted by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (c) s. 3.  
3Omitted the word “India” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 , vide Notification No . G.G.O. 4, 
published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, s. 3. 
4IX of 1890. 
5Omitted the words “either by way of manual labour or” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), 
published in the Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a)(iv) of s. 2. 
6Omitted the words “on monthly wages not exceeding three thousand rupees” by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation 
(Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-
1822, clause (d) of s. 3.  
7Omitted the words “His Majesty‟s” by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), published 
in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated July 8, 1981, pp. 345-475, s. 3 and Second Schedule. 
8Omitted the words “or of the Royal Indian Marine Service” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 
1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and the Schedule.  
9Substituted for the words “of the Government” by the Order ibid., s. 3 and the Schedule.  
10Substituted for the word “Crown” by the Central Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1961 (1 of 1961), published in the Gazette of 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated January 24, 1961, pp. 102-176, sub-section (2) of s. 2 and Table.  
11Substituted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (b) of s. 2. 
12Substituted for the words “Governor-General in Council” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, 
published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and the Schedule.  
13Substituted for the words “Gazette of India” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in 
the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 4 and Table of General Adaptations. 
Gazette], not less than three months‟ notice of 
1
[its] intention so to do, may, by all like 
notification, add to Schedule II any class of persons employed in any occupation which 
2
[it] is 
satisfied is a hazardous occupation, and the provisions of this Act shall thereupon apply 
3
[within the Province] to such classes of persons:   
Provided that in making such addition the 
4
[Provincial Government] may direct that 
the prov isions of this Act shall apply to such classes of persons in respect of specified 
injuries only.] 
CHAPTER II 
Workmen‟s compensation 
3. Employer's liability for compensation .– (1) If personal injury is caused to a 
workman by accident arising out of and in t he course of his employment, his employer shall 
be liable to pay compensation in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter: 
Provided that the employer shall not be so liable– 
(a) in respect of any injury which does not result in the total or partial d isablement of the 
workman for a period exceeding 
5
[
6
[four]] days; 
(b) in respect of any 
7
[injury, not resulting in death, caused by] an accident which is 
directly attributable to– 
(i) the workman having been at the time thereof under the influence .of drin k or 
drugs, or 
(ii) the willful disobedience of the workman to an order expressly given, or to a rule 
expressly framed, for the purpose of securing the safety of workmen, or 
(iii) the willful removal or disregard by the workman of any safety guard or other  
device which he knew to have been provided for the purpose of securing the 
safety of workmen; or  
(c) 
8
[*  *  *  *  *  *  *  * *   ] 
(2) 
9
[If a workman employed in any employment specified in Part A of Schedule III 
contracts any disease specified therein as an occupational disease peculiar to that 
employment], or if a workman, whilst in the service of an employer in whose service he has 
been employed for a continuous period of not less than six months in any employment 
specified in 
10
[Part B of] Schedule II I, contracts any disease specified therein as an 
occupational disease peculiar to that employment, the contracting of the disease shall be 
deemed to be an injury by accident within the meaning of this section and, unless the 
employer proves the contrary, the accident shall be deemed to have arisen out of and in the 
course of the employment. 
                                                           
1Substituted for the word “his” by the Order ibid. 
2Substituted for the word “he” by the Order ibid. 
3Inserted by the Order ibid., s. 3 and the Schedule. 
4Substituted for the words “Governor-General in Council” by the Order ibid. 
5Substituted for the word “ten” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published i n the Punjab 
Gazette, Part-IV, dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a)(i) of s. 3. 
6Substituted for the word “four” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the Gazette 
of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, s. 3. 
7Substituted for the words “injury to a workman resulting from” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 
1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a)(ii) of s. 3. 
8Omitted the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 1929), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, dated 
April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, clause (c) of s. 2. 
9Substituted for the words “if a workman -------- anthrax” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), 
published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (a) of s. 3. 
10Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 3. 
Explanation.– For the purposes of the sub -section a period of service shall be deemed to 
be continuous which has not included a period of service under any other employe r 
1
[in the 
same kind of employment.] 
(3) The 
2
[Provincial Government], after giving, by notification in the 
3
[Official Gazette], not 
less than three months‟ notice of 
4
[its] intention so to do, may, by a like notification, add any 
description of employment to the employments specified in Schedule III, and shall specify in 
the case of the employments so added the diseases which 
5
[within the Province] shall be 
deemed for the purposes of this section to be occupational diseases peculiar to those 
employments re spectively, and the provisions of sub -section (2) shall thereupon apply 
6
[within the Province] as if such diseases had been declared by this Act to be occupational 
diseases peculiar to those employments. 
(4) Save as provided by sub-sections (2) and (3), no compensation shall be payable to a 
workman in respect of any disease unless the disease is   
7
[* *] directly attributable to a 
specific injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. 
(5) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to confer any right to compensation on a 
workman in respect of any injury if he has instituted in a Civil Court a suit for damages in 
respect of the injury against the employer or any other person; and to suit for damages shall 
be maintainable by a workman in any Court of law in respect of any injury– 
(a) if he has instituted a claim to compensation in respect of the injury before a 
Commissioner; or 
(b) if an agreement has been come to between the workman and his employer providing 
for the payment of compensat ion in respect of the injury in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act.  
4. Amount of Compensation .– 
8
[(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the amount of 
compensation shall be as follows, namely:– 
9
[A. Where death results from injury to a workman  – the amount shown in the second 
column of Schedule IV;  
B. Where total disablement of permanent nature results from injury to a workman – the 
amount shown in the third column of Schedule IV;] 
C. Where permanent partial disablement results from the injury– 
(i) in the case of an injury specified in Schedule I, such percentage of the 
compensation which would have been payable in the case of permanent total 
disablement as is specified therein as being the percentage of the loss of earning 
capacity caused by that injury, and 
(ii) in the case of an injury not specified in Schedule I, such percentage of the 
compensation payable in the case of permanent total disablement as is 
                                                           
1Added by the Act ibid., clause (c) of s. 3. 
2Substituted for the words “Governor-General in Council” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, 
published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and the Schedule.  
3Substituted for the words “Gazette of India” by the Order ibid., s. 4 and Table of General Adaptations. 
4Substituted for the word “his” by the Order ibid.  
5Inserted by the Order ibid., s. 3 and the Schedule. 
6Ibid. 
7Omitted the words “solely and” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part-IV, dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (b) of s. 3. 
8Substituted by the Act ibid., s. 4. 
9Substituted by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published i n the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (a) of s. 4.  
proportionate to the loss of earning capacity permanently caused by the injury; 
Explanation.– Where more injuries than one are caused by the same accident, the amount 
of compensation payable under this head shall be aggregated but not so in any case as to 
exceed the amount which would have been payable if permanent total disablement had 
resulted from the injuries; 
1
[D. Where temporary disablement, whether total or partial, results from injury, a half 
monthly payment payable on the sixteenth day after the expiry of a waiting period of 
four days from the date of the disablement, and thereafter, half-monthly during the 
disablement or during the period of five years, whichever period is shorter – the 
amount shown in the fourth column of the Schedule IV:  
Provided that–  
(a)  there shall be deducted from any lump sum or half -monthly payments to whic h 
the workman is entitled the amount of any payment or allowance which the 
workman has received from the employer by way of compensation during the 
period of disablement prior to the receipt of such lump sum or of the first half -
monthly payment as the case  may be except payments made to the worker 
during the period of his convalescence towards medical treatment and the half - 
monthly payments made for the first four months of disablement;  
(b)  no half-monthly payment shall in any case exceed the amount, if any, by which 
half the amount of the monthly wages of the workman before the accident 
exceeds half the amount of such wages which he is earning after the accident; 
and 
(c)  the amount of half -monthly payments to which a workman is entitled shall in no 
case be less than the amount of half -monthly payments to which a workman 
drawing lesser monthly wages than such workman is entitled.]  
(2) On the ceasing of the disablement before the date on which any half -monthly 
payment falls due, there shall be payable in respect of that half -month a sum proportionate 
to the duration of the disablement in that half-month. 
2
[(3) The Provincial Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, revise the 
amount of compensation specified in Schedule IV.] 
5. Method of ca lculating wages .– 
3
[
4
[*]] 
5
[In this Act and for the purposes thereof the 
expression "monthly wages" means the amount of wages deemed to be payable for a 
month's service (whether the wages are payable by the month or by whatever other period 
or at piece rates), and calculated] as follows, namely:– 
(a) where the workman has, during a continuous period of not less than twelve months 
immediately preceding the accident, been in the service of the employer who is liable 
to pay compensation, the monthly wages of t he workman shall be one -twelfth of the 
total wages which have fallen due for payment to him by the employer in the last 
twelve months of that period; 
                                                           
1Inserted  by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (c) of s. 4.  
2Ibid.  
3Re-numbered as “(1)” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 1929), published in the Punjab Gazette, 
Part-IV, dated April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, sub-section (1) of s. 3. 
4Omitted the brackets and figure “(1)” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the 
Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, s. 3. 
5Substituted for the words “For the purpose of this Act the monthly wages of workman shall be calculated” by the Workmen‟s 
Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1939 (XIII of 1939), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, dated April 14, 1939, pp. 
72-73, clause (a) of s. 2.  
1
[(b)  where the whole of the continuous period of service immediately preceding the 
accident during which the workman was in the service of the employer who is liable 
to pay the compensation was less than one month, the monthly wages of the 
workman shall be 
2
[* * * *] the average monthly amount which, during the twelve 
months immediately preceding the acciden t was being earned by a workman 
employed on the same work by the same employer, or, if there was no workman so 
employed, by a workman employed on similar work in the same locality;] 
3
[(c)] in other cases, the monthly wages shall be thirty times the total w ages earned in 
respect of the last continuous period of service immediately preceding the accident 
from the employer who is liable to pay compensation, divided by the number of days 
comprising such period: 
 
4
[* * * * * * * * *   ] 
Explanation.– A period of service shall, for the purposes of 
5
[this 
6
[section]] be deemed to be 
continuous which has not been interrupted by a period of  absence from work exceeding 
fourteen days.  
7
[(2) 
8
[*  *  *  * * * * * *  ]] 
6. Review.– (1) Any half -monthly payment payable u nder this Act, either under an 
agreement between the parties or under the order of a Commissioner, may be reviewed by 
the Commissioner on the application either of the employer or of the workman accompanied 
by the certificate of a qualified medical practit ioner that there has been change in the 
condition of the workman or, subject to rules made under this Act, on application made 
without such certificate. 
(2) Any half-monthly payment may, or review under this section, subject to the 
provisions of this Act, be continued, increased, decreased, or ended, or if the accident is 
found to have resulted in permanent disablement, be converted to the lump sum to which the 
workman is entitled less any amount which he has already received by way of half -monthly 
payments. 
7. Commutation of half -monthly payments .– Any right to receive half -monthly 
payments may, by agreement between the parties or, if the parties cannot agree and the 
payments have been continued for not less than  six-months, on the application of either 
party to the Commissioner be redeemed by the payment of a lump sum of such amount as 
may be agreed to by the parties or determined by the Commissioner, as the case may be. 
8. Distribution of compensation.– 
9
[(1) No payment of compensation in respect of a 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 193 3 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a)(ii) of s. 5. 
2Omitted the words “deemed to be” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1939 (XIII of 1939), published in the 
Government Gazette, Punjab, dated April 14, 1939, pp. 72-73, clause (b) of s. 2.  
3Re-lettered by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a)(iii) of s. 5. 
4Omitted the proviso by the Act ibid., clause (a)(iv) of s. 5. 
5Substituted for the words “this section” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 1929), published in the 
Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, sub-section (1) of s. 3. 
6Substituted for the word “sub-section” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the 
Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, s. 3. 
7Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 1929), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, sub-section (2) of s. 3. 
8Omitted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (b) of s. 5. 
9Substituted for sub-sections (1) to (3) by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 1929), published in the 
Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, clause (a) of s. 4. 
workman whose injury has resulted in death, and no payment of lump sum as compensation 
to a woman or a person under legal disability, shall be made otherwise than by deposit with 
the Commissioner, and no such payment made directly by an employer shall be deeme d to 
be a payment of compensation: 
1
[Provided that, in the case of a deceased workman, an employer may make to any 
dependent advances on account of compensation not exceeding 
2
[ten percent of the amount 
of] the compensation payable to that dependent shall be deducted by the Commissioner 
from such compensation and repaid to the employer.] 
(2)  Any other sum amounting to not less than 
3
[four thousand] rupees which is 
payable as compensation may be deposited with the Commissioner on behalf of the person 
entitled thereto.  
(3) The receipt of the Commissioner shall be a sufficient discharge in respect of 
any compensation deposited with him.]  
(4) On the deposit of any money under sub -section (1) 
4
[as compensation in 
respect of a deceased workman], the Commissione r 
5
[shall deduct] there from the actual 
cost of the workman's funeral expenses, to an amount not exceeding 
6
[
7
[five thousand] 
rupees] and pay the same to the person by whom such expenses were incurred, and shall, if 
he thinks necessary, cause notice to be published or to be served on each dependent in 
such manner as he thinks fit, calling upon the dependents to appear before him on such date 
as he may fix for determining the distribution of the compensation. If the Commissioner is 
satisfied after any inquiry which he may deem necessary, that no dependent exists, he shall 
8
[not less than two years after the date of deposit, transfer the balance of the money to such 
fund or funds for the benefit of workmen as the Provincial Government may by notification in 
the official Gazette specify or establish] . The Commissioner shall, on application by the 
employer, furnish a statement showing in detail all disbursements made. 
9
[(5) Compensation deposited in respect of a deceased workman shall, subject to 
any deduction ma de 
10
[under the proviso to sub -section (1) or] under sub -section (4), be 
apportioned among the dependents of the deceased workman or any of them in such 
proportion as the Commissioner thinks fit, or may, in the discretion of the Commissioner be 
allotted to any one dependent.  
(6) Where any compensation deposited with the Commissioner is payable to any 
person, the Commissioner shall, if the person to whom the compensation is payable is not a 
                                                           
1Substituted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a) of s. 6. 
2Substituted for the words “an aggregate of one hundred rupees, and so much of such aggregate as does not exceed” by the 
Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (a) of s. 5. 
3Substituted for the word “ten” by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 5. 
4Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 1929), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, clause (b) of s. 4. 
5Substituted for the words “may deduct” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the 
Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (b)(i) of s. 6. 
6Substituted for the words “fifty rupees or so much of that cost or of fifty rupees, whichever is less, as has not a lready been 
advanced by the employer on account of such expenses” by the Act ibid., clause (b)(ii) of s. 6. 
7Substituted for the words “twenty -five” by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (c) of s. 5. 
8Substituted for the words “repay the balance of the money to the employer by whom it was paid” by the Workmen‟s 
Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the  Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 16, 
1957, pp. 583-586, clause (1) of s. 5. 
9Substituted for sub-section (5) by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 1929), published in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part-IV, dated April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, clause (c) of s. 4. 
10Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, clause (2) of s. 5. 
woman or a person under a legal disability, and may, in other cases,  pay the money to the 
person entitled thereto. 
(7) Where any lump sum deposited with the Commissioner is payable to a 
woman or a person under a legal disability, such sum may be invested, applied or otherwise 
dealt with for the benefit of the woman, or of such person during his disability, in such 
manner as the Commissioner may direct; and where a half -monthly payment is payable to 
any person under a legal disability, the Commissioner may, of his own motion or on an 
application made to him in this behalf, o rder that the payment be made during the disability 
to any dependent of the workman or to any other person whom the Commissioner thinks 
best fitted to provide for the welfare of the workman.] 
1
[(8)] Where, on application made to him in this behalf or other wise, the 
Commissioner is satisfied that, on account of neglect of children on the part of a parent or on 
account of the variation of the circumstances of any dependent or for any other sufficient 
cause, an order of the Commissioner as to the distribution of any sum paid as compensation 
or as to the manner in which any sum payable to any such dependent is to be invested, 
applied or otherwise dealt with, ought to be varied, the Commissioner may made such 
orders for the variation of the former order as he thinks just in the circumstances of the case: 
Provided that no such order prejudicial to any person shall be made unless such 
person has been given an opportunity of showing cause why the order should not be made, 
or shall be made in any case in which it woul d involve the repayment by a dependent of any 
sum already paid to him. 
2
[(9) Where the Commissioner varies any order under sub-section (8) by reason of 
the fact that payment of compensation to any person has been obtained by fraud, 
impersonation or other improper means, any amount so paid to or on behalf of such person 
may be recovered in the manner hereinafter provided in section 31.]  
9. Compensation not to be assigned, attached or charged .– Save as provided by 
this Act, no lump sum or half -monthly payment payable under this Act shall in any way be 
capable of being assigned or charged or be liable to attachment or pass to any person other 
than the workman by operation of law, nor shall any claim be set off against the same. 
10. Notice and claim .– (1) 
3
[No clai m for compensation shall be entertained by a 
Commissioner unless notice of the accident has been given in the manner hereinafter 
provided as soon as practicable after the happening thereof and unless the claim is 
preferred before him within 
4
[three years] of the occurrence of the accident or, in case of 
death, within 
5
[three years] from the date of death]: 
Provided that, where the accident is the contracting of a disease in respect of which 
the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 3 are applicable, the accident shall be deemed to 
have occurred on the first of the days during which the workman was continuously absent 
from work in consequence of the disablement caused by the disease: 
6
[Provided further that the want of or any defect or irregularity in a no tice shall not be 
                                                           
1Re-numbered by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 1929), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, 
dated April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, clause (d) of s. 4.  
2Inserted by the Act ibid. 
3Substituted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the Government Gazette, 
Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (a)(1) of s.5. 
4Substituted for the words “one year” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1973 (XIV of 1973), published in the 
Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-38, s. 4. 
5Ibid. 
6Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a) of s. 7. 
a bar to the 
1
[entertainment of a claim]–  
(a)  if the claim is 
2
[preferred] in respect of the death of a workman resulting from 
an accident which occurred on the premises of the employer, or at any place where the 
workman at the time of the accident was working under the control of the employer or of any 
person employed by him, and the workman died on such premises or at, such place, or on 
any premises belonging to the employer, or died without having left the vicinity of the 
premises or place where the accident occurred, or  
(b) if the employer 
3
[or any one of several employers or any person responsible to 
the employer for the management of any branch of the trade or business in which the injured 
workman was employed] had knowledge of the  accident from any other source at or about 
the time when it occurred:] 
Provided further, that the Commissioner may 
4
[entertain] and decide any claim to 
compensation in any case notwithstanding that the notice has not been  given, or the claim 
has not been 
5
[preferred], in due time as provided in this sub -section, if he is satisfied that 
the failure so to give the notice or 
6
[prefer] the claim, as the case may be, was due to 
sufficient cause. 
(2) Every such notice shall give the name and address of the perso n injured and 
shall state in ordinary language the cause of the injury and the date on which the accident 
happened and shall be served on the employer or upon 
7
[any one of] several employers, or, 
upon any person 
8
[*] responsible to the employer for the man agement of any branch of the 
trade or business in which the injured workman was employed. 
9
[(3) The 
10
[Provincial Government] may require that any prescribed class of 
employers shall maintain at their premises at which workmen are employed a notice book, in 
the prescribed form, which shall be readily accessible at all reasonable times to any injured 
workman employed on the premises and to any person acting bona fide on his behalf.  
(4) A notice under this section may be served by delivering it at, or sending  it by 
registered post addressed to, the residence or any office or place of business of the person 
on whom it is to be served, or, where a notice book is maintained, by entry in the notice 
book.]  
11
[10A. Power to require from employers statements regardin g fatal accidents .– (1) 
Where a Commissioner receives information from any source that a workman has died as a 
result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, he may send by 
registered post a notice to the workmen's employer requiring him to submit, within thirty days 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “maintenan ce of proceedings” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 
1938), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (a)(2)(i) of s. 5. 
2Substituted for the word “made” by the Act ibid., clause (a)(2)(ii) of s. 5. 
3Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, 
Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (a)(2)(iii)) of s.5. 
4Substituted for the word “admit” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the 
Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (a)(3) of s. 5. 
5Substituted for the word “instituted” by the Act ibid. 
6Substituted for the word “institute” by the Act ibid., clause (a)(3) of s. 3. 
7Substituted for the words “any one or” by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1924 (VII of 1924), published in the Gazette of 
India, Part-IV, dated March 22, 1924, pp. 71-72, s. 2 and the First Schedule. 
8Omitted the word „directly‟ by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the 
Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (b) of s. 5. 
9Substituted for sub-section (3) by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab 
Gazette, Part-IV, dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (b) of s. 7. 
10Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 4 and Table of General Adaptations. 
11Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, s. 8. 
of the service of the notice, a statement, in the prescribed form, giving the circumstances 
attending the death of the workman, and indicating whether, in the opinion of the employer, 
he is or is not liable to deposit compensation on account of the death.  
(2) If the employer is of opinion that he is liable to deposit compensation, he shall 
make the deposit within thirty days of the service of the notice.  
(3) If the employer is of opinion that he is not liable to depo sit compensation, he 
shall in his statement indicate the grounds on which he disclaims liability.  
(4) Where the employer has so disclaimed liability, the Commissioner, after such 
inquiry as he may think fit, may inform any of the dependents of the decease d workman that 
it is open to the dependents to prefer a claim for compensation, and may give them such 
other further information as he may think fit. 
10B. Reports of fatal accident.– (1) Where, by any law for the time being in force, notice 
is required to be given to any authority, by or on behalf of an employer, of any accident 
occurring on his premises which results in death, the person required to give the notice shall, 
within seven days of the death, send a report to the Commissioner giving the circumst ances 
attending the death:  
Provided that where the 
1
[Provincial Government] has so prescribed the person 
required to give the notice may instead of sending such report to the Commissioner send it 
to the authority to whom he is required to give the notice.  
(2) The 
2
[Provincial Government] may, by notification in the 
3
[Official Gazette], 
extend the provisions of sub -section (1) to any class of premises other than those coming 
within the scope of that sub -section, and may, by such notification, specify the p ersons who 
shall send the report to the Commissioner.] 
4
[10C. Officers authorized may refer cases for payment of compensation .– A Labour 
Commissioner, an Inspector of Factories or any other officer authorized by the Provincial 
Government for this purpose m ay refer, in the prescribed manner, to the Commissioner 
cases of workmen who have not been paid due compensation by employers under the 
provisions of this Act.  
10D. Fixation of abstracts of the Act or rules at the entrance of the premises .– There 
shall be affixed in some conspicuous place near the main entrance of every place where 
workmen are employed, in English and in the language of the majority of the workmen, such 
abstracts of this Act and of the rules made thereunder as may be prescribed.] 
11. Medical examination.– 
5
[(1) Where a workman has given notice of an accident, the 
employer shall, before the expiry of three days from the time at which service of the notice 
has been effected, have the workman examined free of charge by a qualified medical 
practitioner, and the workman shall submit himself for such examination, and any workman 
who is in receipt of a half-monthly payment under this Act, shall if so required, submit himself 
for such examination from time to time: 
Provided that a workman not examined f ree of charge as aforesaid may get himself 
examined by a qualified medical practitioner and the expenses of such medical examination 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 4 and Table of General Adaptations. 
2Substituted for the words “local official Gazette” by the Act ibid. 
3Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Act ibid. 
4Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, s. 6. 
5Substituted by the Act ibid., s. 7. 
shall be reimbursed to the workman by the employer:  
Provided further that a workman shall not be required to submit himsel f for 
examination by a medical practitioner otherwise than in accordance with rules made under 
this Act, or at more frequent intervals than may be prescribed.] 
(2) If a workman, on being required to do so by the employer under sub -section 
(1) or by the Com missioner at any time, refuses to submit himself for examination by a 
qualified medical practitioner or in any way obstructs the same, his right to compensation 
shall be suspended during continuance of such refusal or obstruction unless, in the case of 
refusal, he was prevented by any sufficient cause from so submitting himself. 
(3) If a workman, before the expiry of the period within which he is liable under 
sub-section (1) to be required to submit himself for medical examination, voluntarily leaves 
without having been so examined the vicinity of the place in which he was employed, his 
right to compensation shall be suspended until he returns and offers himself for such 
examination. 
(4) Where a workman, whose right to compensation has been suspended under 
sub-section (2) or sub -section (3), dies without having submitted himself for medical 
examination as required by either of those sub -sections, the Commissioner may, if he thinks 
fit, direct the payment of compensation to the dependents of the deceased workman. 
(5) Where under sub -section (2) or sub -section (3) a right to compensation is 
suspended, no compensation shall be payable in respect of the period of suspension, and, if 
the period of suspension commences before the expiry of the waiting period referre d to in 
clause D of sub -section (1) of section 4, the waiting period shall be increased by the period 
during which the suspension continues. 
(6) Where an injured workman has refused to be attended by a qualified medical 
practitioner whose services have bee n offered to him by the employer free of charge or 
having accepted such offer has deliberately disregarded the instructions of such medical 
practitioner, then, 
1
[if it is proved that the workman has not thereafter been regularly attended 
by a qualified med ical practitioner or having been so attended has deliberately failed to 
follow his instructions and that such refusal, disregard or failure was unreasonable ] in the 
circumstances of the case and that the injury has been aggravated thereby, the injury and 
resulting disablement shall be deemed to be of the same nature and duration as they might 
reasonably have been expected to be if the workman had been regularly attended by a 
qualified medical practitioner 
2
[whose instructions he had followed], and compensat ion, if 
any, shall be payable accordingly. 
12. Contracting.– (1) Where any person (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
principal) in the course of or for the purposes of his trade or business contracts with any 
other person (hereinafter in the s ection referred to as the contractor) for the execution by or 
under the contractor of the whole or any part of any work which is ordinarily part of the trade 
or business of the principal, the principal shall be liable to pay to any workman employed in 
the execution of the work any compensation which he would have been liable to pay if that 
workman had been immediately employed by him; and where compensation is claimed from 
the principal, this Act shall apply as if references to the principal were substitute d for 
references to the employer except that the amount of compensation shall be calculated with 
reference to the wages of the workman under the employer by whom he is immediately 
employed. 
(2) Where the principal is liable to pay compensation under this s ection, he shall 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “if it is thereafter ……. unreasonable” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX 
of 1938), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (a) of s. 6. 
2Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 6. 
be entitled to be indemnified by the contractor 
1
[, or any other person from whom the 
workman could have recovered compensation and where a contractor who is himself a 
principal is liable to pay compensation or to indemnify a principal und er this section he shall 
be entitled to be indemnified by any person standing to him in the relation of a contractor 
from whom the workman could have recovered compensation] and all questions as to the 
right to and the amount of any such indemnity shall, i n default or agreement, be settled by 
the Commissioner. 
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a workman from 
recovering compensation from the contractor instead of the principal. 
(4) This section shall not apply in any case where the  accident occurred 
elsewhere than on, in or about the premises on which the principal has undertaken or 
usually undertakes, as the case may be, to execute the work or which are otherwise under 
his control or management. 
13. Remedies of employer against str anger.– Where a workman has recovered 
compensation in respect of any injury caused under circumstances creating a legal liability of 
some person other than the person by whom the compensation was paid to pay damages in 
respect thereof, the person by whom t he compensation was paid and any person who has 
been called on to pay an indemnity under section 12 shall be entitled to be indemnified by 
the person so liable to pay damages as aforesaid. 
14. Insolvency of employer.– (1) Where any employer has entered int o a contract with 
any insurers in respect of any liability under this Act to any workman, then in the event of the 
employer becoming insolvent or making a composition or scheme of arrangement with his 
creditors or, if the employer is a company, in the even t of the company having commenced 
to be wound up, the rights of the employer against the insurers as respects that liability shall, 
notwithstanding anything in any law for the time being in force relating to insolvency or the 
winding up of companies, be tr ansferred to and vest in the workman, and upon any such 
transfer the insurers shall have the same rights and remedies and be subject to the same 
liabilities as if they were the employer, so, however, that the insurers shall not be under any 
greater liability to the workman than they would have been under to the employer. 
(2) If the liability of the insurers to the workman is less than the liability of the 
employer to the workman, the workman may prove for the balance in the insolvency 
proceedings or liquidation. 
(3) Where in any case such as is referred to in sub -section (1) the contract of the 
employer with the insurers is void or voidable by reason of non-compliance on the part of the 
employer with any terms or conditions of the contract (other than a stip ulation for the 
payment of premia), the provisions of that sub -section shall apply as if the contract were not 
void or voidable, and the insurers shall be entitled to prove in the insolvency proceedings or 
liquidation for the amount paid to the workman: 
Provided that the provisions of this sub -section shall not apply in any case in which 
the workman fails to give notice to the insurers of the happening of the accident and of any 
resulting disablement as soon as practicable after he becomes aware of the inst itution of the 
insolvency or liquidation proceedings. 
(4) There shall be deemed to be included among the debts which under section 
49 of the 
2
[Insolvency (Karachi Division) Act
3
], 1909, or under section 61 of the Provincial 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, s. 9. 
2Substituted for the words “Insolvency (Karachi Division and Dacca) Act” by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) 
Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated, July 8, 1981 , pp. 345-475, s. 3 
and Second Schedule. 
3III of 1909. 
Insolvency Act, 1920
1
, or under section 230 of the 
2
[*] Companies Act, 1913 (VII of 1913), are 
in the distribution of the property of an insolvent or in the distribution of the assets of a 
company being wound up to be paid in priority to all other debts, the amount due in respect 
of any compensation the liability wherefor accrued before the date of the order of 
adjudication of the insolvent or the date of the commencement of the winding up, as the 
case may be, and those Acts shall have effect accordingly. 
(5) Where the compensation is a h alf-monthly payment, the amount due in 
respect thereof shall, for the purposes of this section, be taken to be the amount of the lump 
sum for which the half -monthly payment could, if redeemable, be redeemed if application 
were made for that purpose under s ection 7, and a certificate of the Commissioner as to the 
amount of such sum shall be conclusive proof thereof. 
(6) The provisions of sub -section (4) shall apply in the case of any amount for 
which an insurer is entitled to prove under sub -section (3), but  otherwise those provisions 
shall not apply where the insolvent or the company being wound up has entered into such a 
contract with insurers as is referred to in sub-section (1). 
(7) This section shall not apply where a company is wound up voluntarily mere ly 
for the purposes of reconstruction or of amalgamation with another company. 
15. 
3
[ * * * * * * * * *   ]  
16. Returns as to compensation.– The 
4
[Provincial Government] may, by notification in 
the Gazette of India, direct that every person employing workmen, or that any specified class 
of such persons, shall send at such time and in such form and to such authority, as may be 
specified in the notification, a correct return specifying the number of injuries in respect of 
which compensation has been paid by the employer during the previous year and the 
amount of such compensation, together with such other particulars as to the compensation 
as the 
5
[Provincial Government] may direct. 
17. Contracting out .– Any contract or agreement whether made before or after the 
commencement of this Act, whereby a workman relinquishes any right of compensation from 
the employer for personal injury arising out of or in the course of the employment, shall be 
null and void in so far as it purports to remove or reduce the liabilit y of any person to pay 
compensation under this Act. 
18. Proof of age .– Where any question arises as to the age of a person injured by 
accident arising out of and in the course of his employment in a factory, 
6
[a valid certificate 
granted in respect of such person under section 12 or section 52 of the Factories Act, 1934
7
], 
before the occurrence of the injury shall be conclusive proof of the age of such person. 
8
[18A. Penalties.– (1) Whoever,–  
                                                           
1V of 1920. 
2Omitted the word “Indian” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949, vide Notification No. G.G.O. 4, dated 
25th March, 1949, published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, s. 3(1). 
3Omitted by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, s. 6.   
4Substituted for the words “Governor-General in Council” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, 
published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and the Schedule. 
5Substituted for the words “the Governor-General in Council” by the Order ibid. 
6Substituted for the words “a certificate granted in respect of such person under s. 8 or s. 9 of the Indian Factories Act, 1911” by 
the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the Government  Gazette, Punjab, Part -IV, 
dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, s. 18. 
7XXV of 1934. 
8Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, s. 11. 
(a) fails to maintain a notice -book which he is required to main tain under sub -
section (3) of section 10, or  
(b) fails to send to the Commissioner a statement which he is required to send 
under sub-section (1) of section 10A, or  
(c) fails to send a report which he is required to send under section 10B, or  
(d) fails to make a return which he is required to make under section 16, 
1
[or  
(e) fails to affix the abstracts of this Act and of the rule s as required by section 
10D].shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 
2
[five thousand rupees 
but not less than one thousand rupees.] 
3
[(1A) 
4
[* * * * * * * * *  ]] 
(2) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted except by or with the 
previous sanction of a Commissioner, and no Court shall take cognizance of any offence 
under this section, unless complaint ther eof is made within six months of the date on which 
the offence is alleged to have been committed.] 
CHAPTER III 
Commissioners 
19. Reference to Commissioners.– (1) If any question arises in any proceedings 
under this Act as to the liability of any person to pay compensation (including any question 
as to whether a person injured is or is not a workman) or as to the amount or duration of 
compensation (including any question as to the nature or extent of disablement), the 
question shall, in default of agreement, be settled by 
5
[a Commissioner]. 
(2) No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to settle, decide or deal with any 
question which is by or under this Act required to be settled, decided or dealt with by a 
Commissioner or to enforce any liability incurred under this Act. 
20. Appointment of Commissioners .– (1) The 
6
[Provincial Government] may, by 
notification in the 
7
[Official Gazette], appoint any person to be a Commissioner for 
Workmen's Compensation for such local area as may be specified in the notification. 
8
[(2) Where more than one Commissioner has been appointed for any local area, 
the 
9
[Provincial Government] may, by general or special order, regulate the distribution of 
business between them.] 
                                                           
1Added by th e Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, s. 8. 
2Substituted for the words “one hundred rupees” by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act , 2013 (XXVII of 
2013), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, s. 7. 
3Inserted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (IX of 1972), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), 
dated April 13, 1972, pp. 485-519, s. 2 and First Schedule. 
4Omitted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1973 (XIV of 1973), published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-38, s. 5. 
5Substituted for the words “the Commi ssioner” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), 
published in the Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, s. 12.  
6Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 4 and Table of General Adaptations. 
7Substituted for the words “local official Gazette” by the Order ibid. 
8Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Am endment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a) of s. 13.  
9Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published  
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 4 and Table of General Adaptations. 
1
[(3)] Any Commissioner may, for the purpose of deciding any matter referred to 
him for decision under this Act, choose one or more persons possessing special knowledge 
of any matter relevant to the matter under inquiry to assist him in holding the inquiry. 
2
[(4)] Every Commissioner shall be deemed to be a public se rvant within the 
meaning of the 
3
[Pakistan] Penal Code
4
. 
21. Venue of proceedings and transfer .– (1) Where any matter is under this Act to be 
done by or before a Commissioner, the same shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and 
to any rules made here under, be done by or before 
5
[a Commissioner] for the local area in 
which the accident took place which resulted in the injury: 
Provided that, where the workman is the master of a 
6
[*] ship or a seaman, any such 
matter may be done by or before 
7
[a Commissioner] for the local area in which the owner or 
agent of the ship resides or carries on business. 
(2) If a Commissioner is satisfied 
8
[that any matter arising out of any proceedings 
pending before him] can be more conveniently dealt with by any other Commissioner, 
whether in the same province or not, he may subject to rules made under this Act, order 
such matter to be transferred to such other Commissioner either for report or for disposal, 
and, if he does so, shall forthwith transmit to such other Commissio ner all documents 
relevant for the decision of such matter and, where the matter is transferred for disposal, 
shall also transmit in the prescribed manner any money remaining in his hands or invested 
by him for the benefit of any party to the proceedings: 
9
[Provided that the Commissioner shall not, where any party to the proceedings has 
appeared before him, make any order of transfer relating to the distribution among 
dependants of a lump sum without giving such party an opportunity of being heard:] 
Provided 
10
[further] that no matter other than a matter relating to the actual payment 
a workman or the distribution among the dependants of a lump sum shall be transferred for 
disposal under this sub -section to a Commissioner in the same province save with the  
previous sanction of the 
11
[Provincial Government] or to a Commissioner in another province 
save with the previous sanction of 
12
[the Provincial Government of that Province], unless all 
the parties to the proceedings agree to the transfer. 
(3) The Commissio ner to whom any matter is so transferred shall, subject to 
rules made under this Act, inquire there into and, if the matter was transferred for report, 
return his report thereon or, if the matter was transferred for disposal, continue the 
proceedings as if they had originally commenced before him. 
                                                           
1Renumbered by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (b) of s. 13.  
2Ibid. 
3Substituted for the word “India” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949, vide Notification No. G.G.O. 4 , 
dated 25th  March, 1949, published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, s. 3(1). 
4XLV of 1860. 
5Substituted for the words “the Commissioner” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), 
published in the Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a) of s. 14. 
6Omitted the word “registered” by the Act ibid.  
7Substituted for the words “the Commissioner” by the Act ibid. 
8Substituted for the words “by any party to any proceedings pending before him that such matter” by the Workmen‟s Compensation  
(Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, Part -IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause 
(a) of s. 9. 
9Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 9. 
10Ibid. 
11Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of  India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the 
Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 4 and Table of General Adaptations. 
12Substituted for the words “the Governor-General in Council” by the Order ibid., s. 3 and the Schedule. 
(4) On receipt of a report from a Commissioner to whom any matter has been 
transferred for report under sub-section (2), the Commissioner by whom it was referred shall 
decide the matter referred in conformity with such report. 
1
[(5) The 
2
[Provincial Government] may transfer any matter from any 
Commissioner appointed by it to any other Commissioner appointed by it.] 
22. Form of application .– (1) No application for the settlement of any matter by a 
Commissioner 
3
[, other than an application by a dependent or dependents for compensation] 
shall be made unless and until some question has arisen between the parties in connection 
therewith which they have been unable to settle by agreement. 
(2) 
4
[An application to a Commis sioner] may be made in such form and shall be 
accompanied by such fee, if any, as may be prescribed, and shall contain, in addition to any 
particulars which may be prescribed, the following particulars, namely:– 
(a) a concise statement of the circumstances  in which the application is made 
and the relief or order which the applicant claims; 
(b) in the case of a claim for compensation against an employer, the date of 
service of notice of the accident on the employer and, if such notice has not 
been served or has not been served in due time, the reason for such 
omission; 
(c) the names and addresses of the parties; and 
(d) 
5
[except in the case of an application by dependents for compensation,] a 
concise statement of the matters on which agreement has and 
6
[of] those on 
which agreement has not been come to. 
(3) If the applicant is illiterate or for any other reason is unable to furnish the 
required information in writing, the application shall, if the applicant so desires, be prepared 
under the direction of the Commissioner. 
7
[22A. Power of Commissioner to require further deposit in cases of fatal accident .– 
(1) Where any sum has been deposited by an employer as compensation payable in respect 
of a workman whose injury has resulted in death, and in the opinion of t he Commissioner 
such sum is insufficient, the Commissioner may, by notice in writing stating his reasons, call 
upon the employer to show cause why he should not make a further deposit within such time 
as may be stated in the notice.  
(2) If the employer fa ils to show cause to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, the 
Commissioner may make an award determining the total amount payable, and requiring the 
employer to deposit the deficiency]. 
23. Powers and procedure of Commissioners .– The Commissioner shall ha ve all the 
powers of a Civil Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
8
, for the purpose of taking 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, dated 
October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (b) of s. 14. 
2Substituted for the words “Local Government” by the Governmen t of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the 
Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 4 and Table of General Adaptations. 
3Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), publi shed in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, clause (a) of s. 15. 
4Substituted for the words “Where any such question has arisen, the application” by the Act ibid., clause (b)(i) of s. 15. 
5Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (b)(ii) of s. 15. 
6Substituted for the word “on” by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1925 (XXXVII of 1925), published in the Gazette of India, 
Part-IV, dated October 3, 1925, p. 67, s. 2 and First Schedule. 
7Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Ac t, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, s. 16. 
8V of 1908. 
evidence on oath (which such commissioner is hereby empowered to impose) and of 
enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of do cuments and 
material objects 
1
[and the Commissioner shall be deemed to be a Civil Court for all the 
purposes of section 195 and of Chapter XXXV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.
2
] 
24. Appearance of parties.– Any appearance, application or act required to be made or 
done by any person before or to a Commissioner (other than an appearance of a party which 
is required for the purpose of his examination as a witness) may be made or done on behalf 
of such person by a legal practitioner or 
3
[by an official  of an Insurance Company or 
registered Trade Union authorized in writing by such person or, with the permission of the 
Commissioner, by any other person so authorized.] 
25. Method of recording evidence .– The Commissioner shall make a brief 
memorandum of th e substance of the evidence of every witness as the examination of the 
witness proceeds, and such memorandum shall be written and signed by the Commissioner 
with his own hand and shall form part of the record: 
Provided that if the Commissioner is prevented  from making such memorandum, he 
shall record the reason of his inability to do so and shall cause such memorandum to be 
made in writing from his dictation and shall sign the same, and such memorandum shall form 
part of the record: 
Provided further that th e evidence of any medical witness shall be taken down as 
nearly as may be word for word. 
26. Costs.– All costs incidental to any proceedings before a Commissioner, shall, 
subject to rules made under this Act, be in the discretion of the Commissioner. 
27. Power to submit cases .– A Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, submit any 
question of law for the decision of the 
4
[Tribunal] and, if he does so, shall decide the question 
in conformity with such decision. 
28. Registration of agreements.– (1) Where the amount of any lump sum payable as 
compensation has been settled by agreement, whether by way of redemption of a half -
monthly payment or otherwise, or where any compensation has been so settled as being 
payable 
5
[to a woman or a person under a legal disability] 
6
[* * *], a memorandum thereof 
shall be sent by the employer to the Commissioner, who shall, on being satisfied as to its 
genuineness, record the memorandum in a register in the prescribed manner: 
Provided that,– 
(a) no such memorandum shall be recorded be fore seven days after 
communication by the Commissioner of notice to the parties concerned; 
(b) 
7
[* * * * * * * * *   ] 
                                                           
1Added by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 1929), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, dated 
April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, s. 5. 
2V of 1898. 
3Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, 
Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, s. 10. 
4Substituted for the words “High Court” by the Labour La ws (Amendment) Act, 1975 (XI of 1975), published in the Gazette of 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), Part I, dated January 25, 1975, pp. 18-20, s. 2 and the Schedule. 
5Substituted for the words “to a person under a legal disability” by the Workmen‟s Compensation ( Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 
1929), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, clause (a) of s. 6. 
6Omitted the words “or to a dependent” by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1924 (VII of 1924), published in the Gazette of 
India, Part-IV, dated March 22, 1924, pp. 71-72, s. 2 and the Second Schedule. 
7Omitted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1929 (V of 1929), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated 
April 12, 1929, pp. 21-23, clause (b) of s. 6. 
(c) the Commissioner may at any time rectify the register; 
(d) where it appears to the Commissioner that an agreement as to the payment 
of a lump sum whether by way of redemption of a       half -monthly payment 
or an agreement as to the amount of compensation payable 
1
[to a woman or a 
person under a legal disability] 
2
[* * * ], ought not to be registered by reason of 
the inadequacy of the sum or amount, or by reason of the agreement having 
been obtained by fraud or undue influence or other improper means, he may 
refuse to record the memorandum of the agreement 
3
[and may make such 
order], including an order as to any sum already paid under t he agreement, 
as he thinks just in the circumstances. 
(2) An agreement for the payment of compensation which has been registered 
under sub-section (1) shall be enforceable under this Act notwithstanding anything contained 
in the 
4
[*] Contract Act, 1872
5
, or in any other law for the time being in force. 
29. Effect of failure to register agreement .– Where a memorandum of any 
agreement, the registration of which is required by section 28, is not sent to the 
Commissioner as required by that section, the employer shall be liable to pay the full amount 
of compensation which he is liable to pay under the provisions of this Act, and 
notwithstanding anything contained in the proviso to sub -section (1) of section 4, shall not, 
unless the Commissioner otherwise directs , be entitled to deduct more than half of any 
amount paid to the workman by way of compensation whether under the agreement or 
otherwise. 
30. Appeals.– (1) An appeal shall lie to the 
6
[Tribunal] from the following  orders of a 
Commissioner, namely:– 
(a) an order awarding as compensation a lump sum whether by way of 
redemption of a half -monthly payment or otherwise or disallowing a claim in 
full or in part for a lump sum; 
(b) an order refusing to allow redemption of a half-monthly payment; 
(c) an order providing for the distribution of compensation among the dependants 
of a deceased workman, or disallowing any claim of a person alleging himself 
to be such dependant; 
(d) an order allowing or disallowing any claim for the amount of an indemnity 
under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 12; or 
(e) an order refusing to register a memorandum of agreement or registering the 
same of providing for the registration of the same subject to conditions: 
 Provided that no appeal shall lie against any order unless a substantial question of 
law is involved in the appeal and, in the case of an order other than an order such as is 
referred to in clause (b), unless the amount in dispute in the appeal is not less than 
7
[five 
thousand] rupees: 
                                                           
1Substituted for the words “to a person under a legal disability” by the Act ibid., clause (a) of s. 6. 
2Omitted the words “or to any dependent” by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1924 (VII of 1924), published in the Gazette of 
India, Part-IV, dated March 22, 1924, pp. 71-72, s. 2 and the Second Schedule. 
3Substituted for the words “or may make such order” by the Act ibid., s. 2 and the First Schedule. 
4Omitted the word “Indian” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949, vide Notification No. G.G.O. 4, dated 
25th  March, 1949, published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, s. 3(1). 
5IX of 1872. 
6Substituted for the words “High Court” by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 (XI of 1975), published in the Gazett e of 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), Part I, dated January 25, 1975, pp. 18-20, s. 2 and the Schedule. 
7Substituted for the words ”three hundred” by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (a) of s. 8.   
 Provided, further, that no ap peal shall lie in any case in which the parties have 
agreed to abide by the decision of the Commissioner, or in which the order of the 
Commissioner gives effect to an agreement come to by the parties: 
1
[Provided further that no appeal by an employer under clause (a) shall lie unless the 
memorandum of appeal is accompanied by a certificate by the Commissioner to the effect 
that the appellant has deposited with him the amount payable under the order appealed 
against.] 
(2) The period of limitation for an appeal under this section shall be sixty days. 
(3) The provisions of section 5 of the 
2
[*] Limitation Act
3
, 1908 shall be applicable 
to appeals under this section. 
4
[(4) 
5
[* * * * * * * * *  ]] 
6
[30A. Withholding of certain payments pending decision of appeal .– Where an 
employer makes an appeal under clause (a) of sub -section (1) of section 30, the 
Commissioner may, and if so directed by the 
7
[Tribunal] shall pending the decision of the 
appeal, withhold payment of any sum in deposit with him.] 
31. Recovery.– 
8
[(1)] The Commissioner, may recover as an arrear of land -revenue any 
amount payable by any person under this Act, whether, under an agreement for the payment 
of compensation or otherwise and the Commissioner shall be deemed to be a public officer 
within the meaning of section 5 of the Revenue Recovery Act, 1890
9
. 
10
[(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub -section (1), the Commissioner may 
recover in the prescribed manner any amount referred to therein by distress and sale of the 
movable property belonging to the person by whom the amount is payable, or by attachment 
and sale of the immovable property belonging to such person.] 
CHAPTER IV 
Rules 
32. Power of the Governor General in Council to make rules .– (1) The 
11
[Provincial 
Government] may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, 
such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:–  
                                                           
1Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, s. 17. 
2Omitted the word “Indian” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949, vide Notification No. G.G.O. 4, dated 
25th  March, 1949, published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, s. 3(1). 
3IX of 1908. 
4Inserted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 (XI of 1975), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), Part I, 
dated January 25, 1975, pp. 18-20, s. 2 and the Schedule. 
5Omitted by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published  in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (b) of s. 8.   
6Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, s. 18.  
7Substituted for the words “High Court” by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 (XI of 1975), published in the Gazette of 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), Part I, dated January 25, 1975, pp. 18-20, s. 2 and the Schedule. 
8Re-numbered by the Labour Laws ( Amendment) Act, 1976 (XI o f 1976), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), 
dated April 16, 1976, pp. 201-475, s. 2 and the Schedule. 
9I of 1890. 
10Added by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1976 (XI o f 1976), published in the Gazette of Pakista n (Extraordinary), dated 
April 16, 1976, pp. 201-475, s. 2 and the Schedule. 
11Substituted for the words “Governor-General in Council” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, 
published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and the Schedule. 
(a) for prescribing the intervals at which and the conditions su bject to which and 
application for review may be made under section 6 when not accompanied 
by a medical certificate; 
(b) for prescribing the intervals at which and the conditions subject to which a 
workman may be required to submit himself for medical exam ination under 
sub-section (1) of section 11; 
(c) for prescribing the procedure to be followed by Commissioners in the disposal 
of cases under this Act and by the parties in such cases; 
(d) for regulating the transfer of matters and cases from one Commissioner to 
another and the transfer of money in such cases; 
(e) for prescribing the manner in which money in the hands of a Commissioner 
may be invested for the benefit of dependants of a deceased workman and 
for the transfer of money so invested from one Commissioner to another; 
1
[(ee) for prescribing the manner in which any balance of money may under sub -
section (4) of section 8 be transferred to a fund or funds for the benefit of 
workmen and for the establishment and administration of such fund or funds;] 
(f) for the representation in proceedings before Commissioners of parties who 
are minors or are unable to make an appearance; 
(g) for prescribing the form and manner in which memoranda of agreements shall 
be presented and registered; 
(h) for the withholding by Commissioners, whether in whole or in part of half -
monthly payments pending decision on applications for review of the same; 
2
[*]  
3
[(i) for regulating the scales of costs which may be allowed in proceedings under 
this Act;  
(j) for prescribing and dete rmining the amount of the fees payable in respect of 
any proceedings before a Commissioner under this Act; 
(k) for the maintenance by Commissioners of registers and records of 
proceedings before them;  
(l) for prescribing the classes of employers who shall maintain notice-book under 
sub-section (3) of section 10, and form of such notice-books;  
(m) for prescribing the form of statement to be submitted by employers under 
section 10A; 
4
[
5
[*]] 
(n) for prescribing the cases in which the report referred in to section 10B may be 
sent to any authority other than the Commissioner] 
6
[
7
[; and]] 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, clause (1) of s. 9. 
2Omitted the word “and” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India 
(Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and the Schedule. 
3Inserted by the Order ibid. 
4Ibid. 
5Omitted the word “and” by the Workmen‟ s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the Gazette of 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, clause (2) of s. 9. 
6Omitted the word “and” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, publ ished in the Gazette of India 
(Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and the Schedule. 
7Added the semi-colon and the word “and” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in 
the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, clause (3) of s. 9. 
1
[(o) for prescribing the abstracts of this Act and of the rules required by section 
10D.] 
33. 
2
[ * * * * * * * * *   ] 
34. Publication of rules.– (1) The power to make rules c onferred by 
3
[section 32] shall 
be subject to the condition of the rules being made after previous publication. 
(2) The date to be specified in accordance with clause (3) of section 23 of the 
General Clauses Act, 1897
4
, as that after which a draft of rules  proposed to be made under 
section 32 
5
[* * *] will be taken into consideration, shall not be less than three months from 
the date on which the draft of the purposed rules was published for general information. 
(3) Rules so made shall be published in 
6
[* *] the 
7
[Official Gazette], 
8
[* * *], and, 
on such publication, shall have effect as if enacted in this Act. 
9
[35. 
10
[ * * * * * * * * *   ] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1Added by the Act ibid., clause (4) of s. 9. 
2Omitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), 
dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and the Schedule. 
3Substituted for the words and figures “sections 32 and 33” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 
1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and the Schedule. 
4X of 1897. 
5Omitted the words and figure “or section 33” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in 
in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, s. 3 and the Schedule. 
6Omitted the words “the Gazette of India or” by the Order ibid. 
7Substituted for the words “local official Gazette” by the Order ibid., s. 4 and Table of General Adaptations. 
8Omitted the words “as the case may be” by the Order ibid., s. 3 and the Schedule. 
9Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part -IV, 
dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, s. 20. 
10Omitted by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the  Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, s. 9.   
1
[SCHEDULE I 
[See 
2
[sections 2(1) and 4]]  
LIST OF INJURIES DEEMED TO RESULT IN PERMANENT TOTAL 
DISABLEMENT 
Sl.No. Description of injuries Percentage of loss 
of earning capacity 
1. Loss of both hands or amputation at higher sites 100 
2. Loss of a hand and a foot 100 
3. Double amputation through leg or thigh, or amputation 
through leg or thigh on one side and loss of other foot
 
100 
4. Loss of sight to such an extent as to render the claimant 
unable to perform any work for which eye-sight is essential 
100 
5. Very severe facial disfigurement 100 
6. Absolute deafness 100 
LIST OF INJURIES DEEMED TO RESULT IN PERMANENT PARTIAL 
DISABLEMENT 
Amputation cases– Upper limbs (either arm)  
1. Amputation through shoulder joint 90 
2. Amputation below shoulder with stump less than 8" from tip of 
acromion 
80 
3. Amputation from 8" from tip of acromion to less than 4 -1/2" below 
tip of olecranon 
70 
4. Loss of a hand or of the thumb and four fingers of one hand or 
amputation from 4-1/2" below tip of olecranon 
60 
5. Loss of thumb 30 
6. Loss of thumb and its metacarpal bone 40 
7. Loss of four fingers of one hand 50 
8. Loss of three fingers of one hand 30 
9. Loss of two fingers of one hand 20 
10. Loss of terminal phalanx of thumb 20 
Amputation cases-Lower limbs 
11. Amputation of both feet resulting in end-bearing stumps 90 
12. Amputation through both feet proximal to the metatarso-phalangeal 
joint 
80 
13. Loss of all toes of both feet through the metatarso-phalangeal joint 40 
14. Loss of all toes of both feet proximal to the proximal inter -
phalangeal joint 
30 
                                                           
1Substituted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (IX of 1972), published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated April 13, 1972, pp. 485-519, s. 2 and the Second Schedule. 
2Substituted for the word, brackets and figures “section 2(1) and (4)” by the Act ibid., s. 2 and the Schedule. 
15. Loss of all toes of both feet distal to the proximal i nter-phalangeal 
joint 
20 
16. Amputation at hip 90 
17. Amputation below hip with stump not exceeding 5" in length 
measures from tip of great trochanter 
80 
18. Amputation below hip with stump exceeding 5" in length measured 
from tip of great trochanter but not beyond middle thigh 
70 
19. Amputation below middle thigh to 3-I/2" below knee 60 
20. Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 3 -1/2" but not 
exceeding 5" 
50 
21. Amputation below knee with stump exceeding 5" 40 
22. Amputation of one foot resulting in end-bearing 30 
23. Amputation through one foot proximal to the metatarso -phalangeal 
joint 
30 
24. Loss of all toes of one foot through the metatarso-phalangeal joint 20 
Other injuries 
25. Loss of one eye, without complications, the other being normal 40 
26. Loss of vision of one eye without complication or disfigurement of 
eyeball, the other being normal 
30 
Fingers of right/left hand index finger 
27. Whole 14 
28. Two phalanges 11 
29. One phalanx 9 
30. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone. 5 
Middle finger 
31. Whole 12 
32. Two phalanges 9 
33. One phalanx 7 
34. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone 4 
Ring or little finger 
35. Whole 7 
36. Two phalanges 6 
37. One phalanx 5 
38. Guillotine amputation of tip without loss of bone 2 
Toes of right or left foot great toe 
39. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint. 14 
40. Part, with some loss of bone 3 
Any other toe 
41. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint 3 
42. Part, with some loss of bone 1 
Two toes of one foot, excluding great toe 
43. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint 5 
44. Part, with some loss of bone 2 
Three toes of one foot, excluding great toe 
45. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint 6 
46. Part, with some loss of bone 3 
Four toes of one foot, excluding great toe 
47. Through metatarso-phalangeal joint 9 
48. Part, with some loss of bone 3] 
SCHEDULE II 
[See section 2 (1) (n)] 
List of persons who, subject to the provisions of section 2 (1) (n), are included in 
the definition of workman. 
The following persons are workmen within the meaning of section 2 (1) (n) and 
subject to the provisions of that section, that is to say, any person who is – 
1
[(i) employed, otherwise than 
2
[* * *] on a railway, in connection with the operation or 
maintenance of 
3
[a lift or a vehicle  propelled by steam or other mechanical power or 
by electricity]; or 
(ii) employed, 
4
[* * *], in any premises wherein, or within the precincts whereof, on any 
one day of the preceding twelve months, ten or more persons have been employed 
in any manufacturing process, as defined in 
5
[clause (g) of section 2 of the Factories 
Act, 1934
6
], or in any kind of work whatsoever incidental to or connected with any 
such manufacturing process or with the article made, and steam, water or other 
mechanical power or electrical power is used 
7
[
8
[* * *]]; or 
(iii) employed 
9
[in any place to which section 5 of the Factories Act, 1934
10
 has been 
applied or] for the purpose of making, altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing or 
                                                           
1Substituted for clauses (i) to (xiii) by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the 
Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, s. 12. 
2Omitted the words “in a clerical capacity or” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1973 (XIV of 1973), published 
in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-38, clause (a) of s. 6. 
3Substituted for the word s “mechanically propelled vehicles” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 
1938), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (a) of s. 11. 
4Omitted the words “otherwise than in a clerical capacity” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 
1957), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, clause (3) of s. 10. 
5Substituted for the words, brackets and figures “clause (4) of section  2 of the Indian Factories Act, 1911” by the Workmen‟s 
Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, Part -IV, dated April 15, 
1938, pp. 119-122, clause (b) of s. 11. 
6XXV of 1934. 
7Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, clause (1) of s. 10. 
8Omitted the words “but not person‟s  employed solely in a clerical capacity in any room or place where no manufacturing 
process is being carried on” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1973 (XIV of 1973), published in the Gazette 
of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-38, clause (b) of s. 6. 
9Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, clause (2) of s. 10. 
10XXV of 1934. 
otherwise adapting for us, transport or sale any  article or part of an article in any 
premises wherein or within precincts whereof on any one day of the preceding twelve 
months, fifty or more persons have been so employed; or 
(iv) employed in the manufacture or handling of explosives in any premises whe rein, or 
within the precincts whereof, on any one day of the preceding twelve months, ten or 
more persons have been so employed; or 
(v) employed in any mine as defined in clause (f) of section 3 of the Mines Act, 1923
1
, in 
any mining operation, or in any k ind of work, 
2
[* * * *] incidental to or connected with 
any mining operation or with the mineral obtained, or in any kind of work whatsoever 
below ground:  
Provided that any excavation in which on no day of the preceding twelve months 
more than fifty perso ns have been employed or explosives have been used and 
whose depth from its highest to its lowest points does not exceed twenty feet, shall 
be deemed not to be a mine for purpose of this clause; or 
(vi) 
3
[* * * * * * * * *   ] 
(vii) [* * * * * * * * *   ]  
 (vii-a) [* * * * * * * * *   ]  
(viii) employed in the construction, repair or demolition of–  
4
[(a) any building or structure; or] 
(b) any dam or embankment which is twenty feet or more in height from its lowest to 
its highest point; or 
(c) any road, bridge, or tunnel; or  
(d) 
5
[ * * * * * * * *   ]  
(ix) employed in setting up, repairing maintaining, or taking down any telegraph or 
telephone line or post of any overhead electric line or cable or post of standard for 
the same; or  
(x) employed 
6
[* * *] i n the construction, working, repair or demolition of any aerial 
ropeway, canal pipeline, or sewer; or 
(xi) employed in the service of any fire-brigade; or 
(xii) employed upon railway as defined in clause (4) of section 3, and subsection (1) of 
section 148 of the Railways Act, 1890 (IX of 1890), either directly or through a sub -
contractor, by a person fulfilling a contract with the railway administration; or 
(xiii) employed as an inspector, mail guard, sorter or van peon in the Railway Mail 
Service, or employed in any occupation ordinarily involving out -door work in the 
7
[* *] 
                                                           
1IV of 1923. 
2Omitted the commas and words “, other than clerical work,” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1973 (XIV of 
1973), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-38, clause (c) of s. 6. 
3Omitted the clauses (vi), (vi i) and (viiia) by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (a) of s. 10.   
4Substituted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment ) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the Gazette of Pakistan 
(Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, clause (4) of s. 10. 
5Omitted by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (b) of s. 10. 
6Omitted the commas and words “, otherwise than in a clerical capacity,” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 
1973 (XIV of 1973), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-38, clause (d) of s. 6. 
7Omitted the word “India” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949, vide Notification No. G.G.O. 4, dated 
25th  March, 1949, published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, s. 3(1).  
posts and Telegraphs Department; or  
(xiii-a) 
1
[*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *   ]  
(xiv) employed 
2
[* * *] in connection with operations for winning natural petroleum or 
natural gas; or  
(xv) employed in any occupation involving blasting operation; or  
(xvi) employed in the making of excavation in which on any one day of the preceding 
twelve months more than 
3
[twenty-five] persons have been employed or explosive 
have been used, or whose dept h from its highest to its lowest point exceeds twenty 
feet; or  
(xvii) employed in the operation of any ferry boat capable of carrying more than ten 
persons; or  
(xviii) employed, 
4
[* * *] on any estate which is maintained for the purpose of growing 
cinchona, coffee, rubber or tea, and on which on any one day in the preceding twelve 
months twenty-five or more persons have been so employed; or  
  (xix) employed 
5
[* * *] in the generating, transforming, or supplying of electrical energy or 
in the generating or supplying of gas, or  
 (xx) employed in a lighthouse as defined in clause (d) of section 2 of the Lighthouse Act, 
1927 (XVII of 1927); or  
(xxi) employed in producing cinematograph pictures intended for public exhibition are in 
exhibiting such picture; or  
 (xxii) employed in the training, keeping or working of elephants or wild animals; or 
 
6
[(xxiii) employed in the tapping of palm -trees or the felling or logging of trees, or the 
transport of timber by inland waters, or the control or extinguishing of forest fires; or  
(xxiv) employed in operations for the catching or hunting of elephants or other wild animals; 
or ] 
 
7
[(xxv)] employed as a driver: 
 
8
[(xxvi) employed in the handling or transport of goods in, or within the precinct of,–  
(a) any warehouse o r other place in which goods are stored, and in which on any 
one day of the preceding twelve months ten or more persons have been so 
employed, or  
(b) any market in which on any one day of the preceding twelve months one hundred 
or more persons have been so employed; or  
(xxvii) employed in any occupation involving the handling and manipulation of radium or X -
                                                           
1Omitted by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (a) of s. 10. 
2Omitted the commas and words “, otherwise than in a clerical capacity,” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 
1973 (XIV of 1973), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-38, clause (d) of s. 6. 
3Substituted for the word “fifty” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1957 (XI of 1957), published in the Gazette 
of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 16, 1957, pp. 583-586, clause (5) of s. 10. 
4Omitted the commas and words “, otherwise than in a cleri cal capacity,” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 
1973 (XIV of 1973), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-38, clause (d) of s. 6. 
5Omitted the commas and words “, otherwise than in a clerical capacity,” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1973 (XIV 
of 1973), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-38, clause (d) of s. 6. 
6Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, 
dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (c) of s. 11. 
7Re-numbered by the Act ibid., clause (d) of s. 11. 
8Inserted by the Act ibid., clause (d) of s. 12. 
rays apparatus, or contact with radioactive substances.] 
Explanation.– in this Schedule “the preceding twelve months” relates in any particular case 
to the twelve months ending with the day on which the accident in such case occurred. 
 
1
[(xxviii) employed as drivers, cleaners, conductors and checkers by Road Transport Service 
as defined in Sub-section (7) of section 2 of the Road Transport Workers Ordin ance, 
1961 (Ordinance XXVIII of 1961).] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1Added by Notification 1 -I-L-IV/65(II), dated December 13, 1965, published in the Gazette of Pakistan , Part-I, dated January 7, 1966, 
p.13. 
SCHEDULE III 
(See section 3) 
List of occupational diseases 
Occupational disease Employment 
1
[PART A 
Anthrax - - - - - - - - - - Any employment– 
(a)  involving the handling of wool, ha ir, bristles or 
animal carcases or parts or such carcases, 
including hides, hoofs and horns, or   
(b)    in connection with animals infected with 
anthrax, or  
(c)  involving the loading, unloading or transport of 
any merchandise. 
Compressed air illness or  its 
sequelae. 
Any process carried on in compressed air. 
Positioning by lead tetra - ethyl Any process involving the use of lead tetra-ethyl. 
Poisoning by nitrous fumes. Any process involving exposure to nitrous fumes.] 
PART B 
Lead poisoning or its seq uelae 
2
[excluding poisoning by lead tetra 
ethyl]. 
Any process involving the use of lead 
3
[or any of its 
preparations or compounds except lead tetra-ethyl]. 
Phosphorus poisoning or its sequelae  Any process involving the use of phosphorus or its 
preparations or compounds.  
4
[Mercury poisoning or its sequelae.  Any process involving the use of mercury or its 
preparations or compounds. 
Poisoning by benzene and its 
homologues, or the sequelae of such 
poisoning. 
Handling benzene or any of its homologues and 
any process in the manufacture or involving the use 
of benzene or any of its homologues. 
Chrome ulceration or its sequelae. Any process involving the use of chronic acid or 
bichromate of ammonium, potassium or sodium, or 
their preparations. 
5
[Arsenical poisoning or its sequelae. Any process involving the production, liberation or 
utilization of arsenic or its compounds. 
Pathological manifestations due to- 
(a)  radium and other radio -
active substances; 
(b)  X-rays. 
Any process involving exposure to the action of 
radium, radio-active substances, or         X-rays. 
Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the Any process involving the handling or use of tar, 
                                                           
1Inserted by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 (IX of 1938), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, 
Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (a) of s. 12. 
2Added by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 12. 
3Substituted for the words “or its preparations or compounds” by the Act ibid. 
4Added by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1933 (IV of 1933), published in the Punjab Gazette, Part-IV, dated 
October 6, 1933, pp. 161-167, s. 22. 
5Substituted for the words “Compressed air illness or its sequelae” by the Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1938 
(IX of 1938), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, Part-IV, dated April 15, 1938, pp. 119-122, clause (c) of s. 12. 
skin. pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin, or the 
compounds, products or residues of these 
substances.] 
1
[Silicosis Any process involving the grinding, cleaning, fitting, 
casting and crushing of stones]. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1Added by S.R.O. 581, published in the Gazette of Pakistan, dated December 11, 1959, p. 552. 
1
[SCHEDULE IV 
(See section 4) 
Compensation payable in certain cases 
 
 
2
[* * * *] 
Amount of Compensation for  
Half monthly payment 
as compensation for 
temporary 
disablement 
Death  Permanent total 
disablement  
1 2 3 4 
 
3
[***] 
Rs. Rs. ½ of the monthly 
wages during the 
period of disablement 
or a period of one 
year, reckoned from 
the date of injury, 
whichever is less and 
thereafter only in the 
case of chro nic lung 
diseases 1/3 of the 
monthly wages 
during the period of 
disablement or for a 
period of 5 years, 
reckoned from the 
date of injury, 
whichever is less.] 
4
[4,00,000] 
5
[4,00,000] 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1Substituted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1994 (XI of 1994), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary ), 
Part I, dated June 29, 1994, pp. 224-235, whereas the Schedule IV was earlier substituted by the Finance Act, 1986 (Act I of 
1986); and published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), Part I, dated 29.6.1986, s.4 and Second Schedule, which was 
again substituted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Act XI of 1994), Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), Part I, 
June 29, 1994, pp. 224-235. 
2Omitted by the Punjab Workmen‟s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2013 (XXVII of 2013), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated December 16, 2013, pp. 1821-1822, clause (a) of s. 11. 
3Ibid. 
4Substituted for the figure “2,00,000” by the Act ibid., clause (b) of s. 11. 
5Ibid.