All India Bar Examination (AIBE) 16-XVI Previous Year Question Papers with Answers

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Schedule II of the Employees Compensation Act 1923 deals with

A: Age factor for calcultating the amount of compensation
B: List of persons who are included in the definition of ‘Employee’
C: List of occupational diseasses
D: List of injuries Deemed to Result in Permanent Total Disablement

The answer is: B

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Explanation

The correct option is B: List of persons who are included in the definition of ‘Employee’.

Schedule II of the Employees Compensation Act 1923 deals with the list of persons who, subject to the provisions of section 2 (1) (nn), are included in the definition of employees.

These persons are workers employed in various occupations such as factories, mines, plantations, railways, construction, transport, etc. The schedule also specifies the minimum number of persons required to be employed in each occupation for the act to apply. For example, the act applies to any person employed in any premises wherein any manufacturing process is carried on with the aid of power and wherein twenty or more persons are employed.