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239. The minimum compensation for death in the case of adults
should be Rs. 600 and for complete permanent disablement Rs. 840. The
minimum for partial disablement should be correspondingly raised ..

240. (a) In place of the 14 existing wage classes in Schedule IV
there should be 17, the upper wage limits for which should be (in rupees}
10, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 7G 80, 100, 200 and 300

(b) Except in the last two classes the assumed wage should
be the highest wage of the class. For the last two classes the assumed
wages should be Rs. 126 and 150 respectively ve ve .e

(¢) The maximum half-monthly payment should be raised from
Rs. 15 to Rs. 30 and the present maxima for death and permanent
disablement should be abolished J .. ve

241. The waiting period should be reduced from ten days to seven

242. The exceptions in the second proviso to section 3(1) should not
apply where death or a permanent loss of 509%, or more of earning capa-
city results from the accident “F we al 9 ’s

243. (a) The following additions should be made to Schedule ITI
{List of occupational diseases) :—

(7) poisoning by benzene and its homologues or seque-
lae, and
(ii) chrome ulceration or its sequelae vou vr

(5) The words “solely and ” in section 3(¢) of the Act should
be deleted .. ™ sw ss ws wn

244, The administration of the Act should be entrusted, as far as
possible, to specially qualified commissioners (not necessarily a whole-
time officer), and there should be at least one such officer in every major
province. The appointment should not be linked with one in which trans-
fers are frequent and it should be possible to appoint more than one
commissioner for the same area .. ‘ . .

245. Pamphlets summarising the provisions of the Workmen's
Compensation Act should be made available to workmen and, if the
Act is substantially amended, steps should be taken to diffuse informa-
tion of the amended law or ‘a ve vs ..

246. (a) Notice to the Commissioner should be compulsory in the
case of all fatal accidents occurring to employees while they are on the
smployers’ premises or while they are on duty elsewhere  .. we

(b) The Commissioner should have the power to call upon the
employer to show cause why he should not deposit compensation and
to inform the dependants that it is open to them to make a claim ..

{c) Shipping Masters should transmit to the Commissioner
eopies of reports of fatal accidents to seamen on the high seas .. .e

247. In fatal accidents the dependant should® not be required to
approach the employer before claiming compensation from the Com-
missioner .e - a oe

248. Notice should not be required in certain circumstances, and in
no case should want of notice or a defect in a notice act as a bar to pro-
ceedings if the employer had timely knowledge of the accident from
another source .s nt - oe wo .e

249. T.ocal Governments should have the power to prescribe the
maintenance of notice books by employers os > “%

950, The law should not allow funeral expenses to be deducted
from the compensation which is to be deposited with the Commissioner,
but it should require the latter to deduct the actual cost of the work-
man’s funeral expenses up to a limit of Rs. 25 and to pay them to the
person by whom they were incurred

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