Employees Provident Fund Act 1991 · Updated to 1 Jul 2022 · Part IX · Repeal and Transitional Provisions
85. Transfer of registration of employers
Feedback & supportEvery employer registered under the provisions of the repealed Act or the rules made thereunder shall be deemed to have been registered under this
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;
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