War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act,1943
Act No : 23
Section :
Payment of compensation where employer has failed to insure.
15. Payment of compensation where employer has failed to insure. Where an employer has failed to take out a policy of insurance as required by sub-section (1) of section 9, or having taken out a policy of insurance as required by that sub-section has failed to 229 make the payments by way of premium thereon which are subsequently due from him in accordance with the provisions of the Scheme, payment of any compensation for the payment of which he is liable under this Act may be made out of the Fund, and the sum so paid together with a penalty of such amount not exceeding the sum so paid as may be determined by an officer authorized in this behalf by the Central Government shall be recoverable from the employer as an arrear of land revenue for payment into the Fund.
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