Section 18A. Penalties
(1) Whoever — (a) fails to maintain a notice-book which he is required to maintain under section 10(3), or (b) fails to send to the Commissioner a statement which he is required to send under section 10A(1), or (c) fails to send a report which he is required to send under section 10B, or (d) fails to make a return which he is required to make under section 16, or (e) fails to inform the employee of his rights to compensation as required under section 17A — shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees.
(2) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted except by or with the previous sanction of a Commissioner, and no Court shall take cognizance of any offence under this section unless a complaint is made within six months of the date on which the alleged commission of the offence came to the knowledge of the Commissioner.
Note: Clause (e) and the enhanced minimum fine of fifty thousand rupees (previously a fine extending up to five thousand rupees) were introduced by the Employee’s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2017, with effect from 15-5-2017.
