Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 · Chapter V: Benefits
Section 52: Dependant’s benefit
The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 was repealed and replaced by the Code on Social Security, 2020 from 21 November 2025. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
(1) If an insured person dies as a result of an employment injury sustained as an employee under this Act (whether or not he was in receipt of any periodical payment for temporary disablement in respect of the injury) dependant’s benefit shall be payable [at such rates and for such periods and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Central Government] to his dependants specified in [sub-clause (i), sub-clause (ia) and] sub-clause (ii) of clause (6A) of section 2.
(2) In case the insured person dies without leaving behind him the dependants as aforesaid, the dependants’ benefit shall be paid to the other dependants of the deceased [at such rates and for such period and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Central Government].
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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