| Sections | Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 |
| | Preamble |
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| | CHAPTER I : PRELIMINARY |
| 1. | Short title, extent, commencement and application |
| 2. | Definitions |
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| | CHAPTER II : THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND EXPERT COMMITTEES |
| 3. | Central Advisory Committee |
| 4. | State Advisory Committee |
| 5. | Expert Committees |
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| | CHAPTER III : REGISTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS |
| 6. | Appointment registering officers |
| 7. | Registration of establishments |
| 8. | Revocation of registration in certain cases |
| 9. | Appeal |
| 10. | Effect of non-registration |
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| | CHAPTER IV : REGISTRATION OF BUILDING WORKERS AS BENEFICIARIES |
| 11. | Beneficiaries of the Fund |
| 12. | Registration of building workers as beneficiaries |
| 13. | Identity cards |
| 14. | Cessation as a beneficiary |
| 15. | Register of beneficiaries |
| 16. | Contribution of building workers |
| 17. | Effect of non-payment of contribution |
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| | CHAPTER V : BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCION WORKERS' WELFARE BOARDS |
| 18. | Constitution of State Welfare Boards |
| 19. | Secretary and other officers of Boards |
| 20. | Meetings of Board |
| 21. | Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Boards |
| 22. | Functions of the Boards |
| 23. | Grants and Loans by the Central Government |
| 24. | Building and other Construction Workers' Welfare Fund and its application |
| 25. | Budget |
| 26. | Annual report |
| 27. | Accounts and audit |
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| | CHAPTER VI : HOURS OF WORK, WELFARE MEASURES AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF BUILDING WORKERS |
| 28. | Fixing hours for normal working day, etc. |
| 29. | Wages For overtime work |
| 30. | Maintenance of registers and records |
| 31. | Prohibition of employment of certain persons in certain building or other construction work |
| 32. | Drinking water |
| 33. | Latrines and urinals |
| 34. | Accommodation |
| 35. | Crèches |
| 36. | First-aid |
| 37. | Canteens, etc. |
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| | CHAPTER VII : SAFETY AND HEALTH MEASURES |
| 38. | Safety Committee and safety officers |
| 39. | Notice of certain accidents |
| 40. | Power of appropriate Government to make rules for the safety and health of building worker |
| 41. | Framing of model rules for safety measures |
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| | CHAPTER VIII : INSPECING STAFF |
| 42. | Appointment of Director-General, Chief Inspector and Inspectors |
| 43. | Powers of Inspectors |
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| | CHAPTER IX : SPECIAL PROVISIONS |
| 44. | Responsibility of employers |
| 45. | Responsibility for payment of wages and compensation |
| 46. | Notice of commencement of building or other construction work |
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| | CHAPTER X : PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE |
| 47. | Penalty for contravention of provisions regarding safety measures |
| 48. | Penalty for failure to give notice of the commencement of the building or other construction work |
| 49. | Penalty for obstructions |
| 50. | Penalty for other offences |
| 51. | Appeal |
| 52. | Recovery of penalty |
| 53. | Offences by, companies |
| 54. | Cognizance of offences |
| 55. | Limitation of prosecutions |
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| | CHAPTER XI : MISCELLANEOUS |
| 56. | Delegation of powers |
| 57. | Returns |
| 58. | Application of Act to building workers |
| 59. | Protection of action taken in good faith |
| 60. | Power of Central Government to give directions |
| 61. | Power to remove difficulties |
| 62. | Power to make rules |
| 63. | Saving of certain laws |
| 64. | Repeal and saving |
