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Kaveri Tea Estates, a plantation in Assam, is a very small establishment under the Act. Its employer maintains the Form III register in place of the registers required under the Scheduled Acts, and files the annual return in Form I. Which obligation does the employer still have to continue?

The employer must still file accident returns under sections 88 and 88A of the Factories Act and sections 32A and 32B of the Plantations Labour Act, and issue wage slips. The Act's simplification covers only routine returns and registers, not these obligations.

  1. AFiling accident returns under sections 88 and 88A of the Factories Act, 1948 and sections 32A and 32B of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951Correct
  2. BMaintaining Form II register in addition to Form III
  3. CMaintaining all registers under each Scheduled Act as before
  4. DNothing, as all obligations under the Scheduled Acts stand removed

Explanation

The second proviso to section 4(1) says the employer must continue to issue wage slips and to file accident returns under the Factories Act and the Plantations Labour Act. Form II is required only for small establishments, not very small ones, so that option is wrong.

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