Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 · Chapter XII: Offences and Penalties
Section 106: Offences by employees
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 13, except clause (d) thereof, if any employee employed in a workplace contravenes any provision of this Code or any rules or orders made there under, imposing any duty or liability on employee, he shall be punishable with penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees.
(2) Where an employee is convicted of an offence punishable under sub-section (1), the employer of the establishment shall not be deemed to be guilty of an offence in respect of that contravention, unless it is proved that he failed to take all reasonable measures for its prevention.
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