Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 · Chapter I: Preliminary
Section 12: Employer not to reduce wages, etc
No employer in relation to [an establishment] to which any [Scheme or the Insurance Scheme] applies shall, by reason only of his liability for the payment of
any contribution to [the Fund or the Insurance Fund] or any charges under this Act or the [Scheme or the the Insurance Scheme], reduce, whether directly or indirectly, the wages of any employee to whom the [Scheme or the Insurance Scheme] applies or the total quantum of benefits in the nature of old age pension, gratuity [Provident Fund or Life Insurance] to which the employee is entitled under the terms of of his employment, express or implied.]
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.