Employees Provident Fund Act 1991 · Updated to 1 Jul 2022 · Part VII · Offences and Proceedings
62. One trial for any number of offences
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding the provisions of any written law to the contrary, an employer may be charged with and tried at one trial for any number of offences under subsection 43(2) and such offences shall, for the purpose of the law for the time being in force relating to criminal procedure, be deemed to form the same transaction.
employer
“employer” means the person with whom an employee has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship and includes— (a) a manager, agent or person responsible for the payment of salary or wages to an “employee”; (b) any body of persons whether or not statutory or incorporated; and (c) any Government, department of Government, statutory bodies, local authorities or other bodies specified in the Second Schedule and, where an employee is employed with any such Government, department, authority or body or with any officer on behalf of any such Government, department, authority or body, the officer under whom such employee is working shall be deemed to be an employer: Provided that no such officer shall be personally liable under this Act for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith by him as an officer of such employer;