Section 1 of Payment of Gratuity Act 1972: "Short title, extent, application and commencement"
1. (1) This Act may be called the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.
(2) It extends to the whole of India:
Provided that in so far as it relates to plantations or ports, it shall not extend to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) It shall apply to-
(a) every factory, mine, oilfield, plantation, port and railway company ;
(b) every shop or establishment within the meaning of any law for the time being in force in relation to shops and establishments in a State, in which ten or more persons are employed, or were employed, on any day of the preceding twelve months;
(c) such other establishments or class of establishments, in which ten or more employees are employed, or were employed, on any day of the preceding twelve months, as the Central Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf.
(3A) A shop or establishment to which this Act has become applicable shall continue to be governed by this Act notwithstanding that the number of persons employed therein at any time after it has become so applicable falls below ten.
(4) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint.
Section 2A - Continuous service
Section 3 - Controlling authority
Section 4 - Payment of gratuity
Section 4A - Compulsory insurance
Section 7 - Determination of the amount of gratuity
Section 7B - Powers of Inspectors
Section 8 - Recovery of gratuity
Section 10 - Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases
Section 11 - Cognizance of offences
Section 12 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 13 - Protection of gratuity
Section 13A - Validation of payment of gratuity
Section 14 - Act to override other enactments, etc
Section 15 - Power to make rules
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