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SS Rules (Gujarat)

Chapter I — Preliminary

r. 1Short title, extent and commencement
r. 2Definitions

Chapter II — Employees' Insurance Court

r. 3Manner and time for filing appeal under clause (b) of Sub-section (7) of Section 37
r. 4Commencement of Proceeding, Procedure and fees
r. 5Bank or other financial institution in which the gratuity shall be invested for the
r. 6Time, form and manner of nomination by an employee under sub-section (1), the
r. 7Time within which and the form in which a written application shall be made
r. 8Qualifications and experience of the officer appointed as the competent

Chapter IV — Maternity Benefit

r. 10Supply of forms
r. 11Non-submission of notices, appeals or complaints in the prescribed forms
r. 12Records
r. 13Abstract

Chapter V — Employees Compensation

r. 14When application may be made without medical certificate
r. 15Procedure on application for review
r. 16Employee not be required to submit to medical examination save in accordance with rule
r. 17Examination when Employee and medical practitioner both present on premises
r. 18Examination in other cases
r. 19Restriction on number of examination
r. 20Examination after suspension of right to compensation. If a Employee whose
r. 21' Examination of women
r. 22Notice and Statement under section 82
r. 23Report of fatal accidents
r. 24Right of employer to present memorandum when information received
r. 25Form of memorandum
r. 26Procedure where Competent Authority not inclined to refuse to record
r. 27Procedure
r. 28Procedure on refusal to record memorandum
r. 29Registration of memorandum accepted for record
r. 30Introductory
r. 31Application
r. 32(2)
r. 33Application presented to wrong Competent Authority
r. 34Examination of applicant
r. 35Summary dismissal of application
r. 36Preliminary inquiry into application
r. 37Notice to opposite party
r. 38Appearance and Examination of opposite party
r. 39Framing of issues
r. 40Power to postpone trial of issues of fact where issues of law arise
r. 41Diary
r. 42Reasons for postponement to be recorded
r. 43Judgment
r. 44Summoning of Witness
r. 45Exemption for a payment of costs
r. 46Right of entry for local inspection
r. 47Procedure for local inspection
r. 48Power of summary examination
r. 49Agreement to abide by Competent Authority's decision
r. 50Procedure where indemnity claimed under section 85(2)
r. 51Procedure in connected cases
r. 52Certain provisions of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 apply
r. 53Provision regarding signature on Form
r. 54Apportionment of compensation among dependents
r. 55Transfer for report
r. 56Transmission of money
r. 57Time-limit for disposal of application and cost incidental to the proceedings

Chapter VI — Social Security and Cess in Respect of Building and Other

r. 58Register of beneficiaries
r. 59Composition of Board
r. 60Term of office of members under section 7(4)
r. 61Reconstitution of Board under section 7(4)
r. 62Resignation of office by member under section 7(4)
r. 63Filling up of vacancy under section 7(4)
r. 64Allowances payable to members under section 7(4)
r. 65Terms and conditions of service of secretary, other officer and employees of the
r. 66Time limit to pay the cess under section 101
r. 67Fees for Appeal under section 105
r. 68Annual report under section 118
r. 69Powers of the State Government to give directions
r. 70Powers of the Board to implement any Scheme of State Government
r. 71Information to be furnished by the employer under section 123 (d)

Chapter VII — Gujarat State Unorganised Workers' Social Security Board

r. 72Manner of exercising the powers and performance of the functions of the Board under sub-section (9) of section 6
r. 73Terms of offfice and other conditions of members of the Board under sub-section
r. 74Resignation
r. 75Change of Address
r. 76Manner of filling vacancies
r. 77Allowances of member
r. 78Disposal of business
r. 79Meeting of the Board
r. 80Notice of meetings and list of business
r. 81Quorum

Chapter VIII — Authorities, Assessment, Compliance and Recovery

r. 82Form and manner for maintenance of records and registers and other

Chapter IX — Offences and Penalties

r. 83Form and manner of making application for the compounding of an offence under sub-section (4) of section 138
r. 84(1)

Chapter XI — Miscellaneous

r. 85Collection of Labour Statistics
r. 86Conditions and manner of writing off irrecoverable dues under section 121
r. 87Establishment and administration of Social Security Fund under sub-section (5)
r. 88Holding of property, etc., by the Board under sub-section (1) of section 120
r. 89Holding of property, etc., by the Board under sub-section (2) of section 120
r. 90Time within which the Central Board or the Corporation, as the case may be,
r. 91Conditions for management of the trust under sub-section (5) of section 143,

Contents of the SS Rules (Gujarat)

SS Rules (Gujarat)

Chapter I — Preliminary

r. 1Short title, extent and commencement
r. 2Definitions

Chapter II — Employees' Insurance Court

r. 3Manner and time for filing appeal under clause (b) of Sub-section (7) of Section 37
r. 4Commencement of Proceeding, Procedure and fees
r. 5Bank or other financial institution in which the gratuity shall be invested for the
r. 6Time, form and manner of nomination by an employee under sub-section (1), the
r. 7Time within which and the form in which a written application shall be made
r. 8Qualifications and experience of the officer appointed as the competent

Chapter IV — Maternity Benefit

r. 10Supply of forms
r. 11Non-submission of notices, appeals or complaints in the prescribed forms
r. 12Records
r. 13Abstract

Chapter V — Employees Compensation

r. 14When application may be made without medical certificate
r. 15Procedure on application for review
r. 16Employee not be required to submit to medical examination save in accordance with rule
r. 17Examination when Employee and medical practitioner both present on premises
r. 18Examination in other cases
r. 19Restriction on number of examination
r. 20Examination after suspension of right to compensation. If a Employee whose
r. 21' Examination of women
r. 22Notice and Statement under section 82
r. 23Report of fatal accidents
r. 24Right of employer to present memorandum when information received
r. 25Form of memorandum
r. 26Procedure where Competent Authority not inclined to refuse to record
r. 27Procedure
r. 28Procedure on refusal to record memorandum
r. 29Registration of memorandum accepted for record
r. 30Introductory
r. 31Application
r. 32(2)
r. 33Application presented to wrong Competent Authority
r. 34Examination of applicant
r. 35Summary dismissal of application
r. 36Preliminary inquiry into application
r. 37Notice to opposite party
r. 38Appearance and Examination of opposite party
r. 39Framing of issues
r. 40Power to postpone trial of issues of fact where issues of law arise
r. 41Diary
r. 42Reasons for postponement to be recorded
r. 43Judgment
r. 44Summoning of Witness
r. 45Exemption for a payment of costs
r. 46Right of entry for local inspection
r. 47Procedure for local inspection
r. 48Power of summary examination
r. 49Agreement to abide by Competent Authority's decision
r. 50Procedure where indemnity claimed under section 85(2)
r. 51Procedure in connected cases
r. 52Certain provisions of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 apply
r. 53Provision regarding signature on Form
r. 54Apportionment of compensation among dependents
r. 55Transfer for report
r. 56Transmission of money
r. 57Time-limit for disposal of application and cost incidental to the proceedings

Chapter VI — Social Security and Cess in Respect of Building and Other

r. 58Register of beneficiaries
r. 59Composition of Board
r. 60Term of office of members under section 7(4)
r. 61Reconstitution of Board under section 7(4)
r. 62Resignation of office by member under section 7(4)
r. 63Filling up of vacancy under section 7(4)
r. 64Allowances payable to members under section 7(4)
r. 65Terms and conditions of service of secretary, other officer and employees of the
r. 66Time limit to pay the cess under section 101
r. 67Fees for Appeal under section 105
r. 68Annual report under section 118
r. 69Powers of the State Government to give directions
r. 70Powers of the Board to implement any Scheme of State Government
r. 71Information to be furnished by the employer under section 123 (d)

Chapter VII — Gujarat State Unorganised Workers' Social Security Board

r. 72Manner of exercising the powers and performance of the functions of the Board under sub-section (9) of section 6
r. 73Terms of offfice and other conditions of members of the Board under sub-section
r. 74Resignation
r. 75Change of Address
r. 76Manner of filling vacancies
r. 77Allowances of member
r. 78Disposal of business
r. 79Meeting of the Board
r. 80Notice of meetings and list of business
r. 81Quorum

Chapter VIII — Authorities, Assessment, Compliance and Recovery

r. 82Form and manner for maintenance of records and registers and other

Chapter IX — Offences and Penalties

r. 83Form and manner of making application for the compounding of an offence under sub-section (4) of section 138
r. 84(1)

Chapter XI — Miscellaneous

r. 85Collection of Labour Statistics
r. 86Conditions and manner of writing off irrecoverable dues under section 121
r. 87Establishment and administration of Social Security Fund under sub-section (5)
r. 88Holding of property, etc., by the Board under sub-section (1) of section 120
r. 89Holding of property, etc., by the Board under sub-section (2) of section 120
r. 90Time within which the Central Board or the Corporation, as the case may be,
r. 91Conditions for management of the trust under sub-section (5) of section 143,

The Code on Social Security (Gujarat) Rules, 2023

Rule 53. Provision regarding signature on Form

Chapter V — Employees CompensationMade under The Code on Social Security, 2020No. GR/2023/158/PGA/172021/24659/M3, 30 Dec 2023

Text read by machine from the official scan

Any Form, other than a receipt for compensation, which is by these rules, required to be signed by a Competent Authority may be signed under his direction and on his behalf by any officer subordinate to him appointed by him in writing for this purpose.

Source: The Code on Social Security (Gujarat) Rules, 2023, No. GR/2023/158/PGA/172021/24659/M3 — the official copy of the notification, p. 29 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 29 · official download · all sources

The official copy is a scan. This text was read by machine and only tidied by program, not checked page by page, so it will contain mistakes, including in numbers: the official PDF is the copy to rely on. The Forms are not reproduced here; read them in the PDF. The Code on Social Security (Gujarat) (Amendment) Rules, 2026 are not applied to this text: see the State page. Rule numbers the machine missed (9) stay inside the rule before them here.

← Rule 52Certain provisions of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 apply Rule 54 →Apportionment of compensation among dependents