Where an employer is in default in paying compensation under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923, he would be liable to pay as penalty of:

CS Executive · Industrial, Labour & General Laws · PYQS · June 2017
Where an employer is in default in paying compensation under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923, he would be liable to pay as penalty of:
(A) interest thereon
(B) interest thereon and further sum not exceeding ten percent of such amount of compensation
(C) interest thereon and further sum not exceeding twenty percent of such amount of compensation
(D) interest thereon and further sum not exceeding fifty percent of such amount of compensation

Answer & Explanation:

Correct Answer: Option (D)

Official answer key: (D).

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