14. Replacement of section 23A of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 23A of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section is substituted thererfor:–

23A. Any employer who, being liable to pay any sum due as compensation to a workman or his heirs, as the case may be, under this Act, fails or defaults to pay that sum, on or before the due date, he shall be liable to pay to that workman or his heirs, as the case amy be, in addition to the sum due as compensation, a surcharge on that sum calculated in the following manner:–

(a)

where the payment of the compensation has been in arrears for a period not exceeding one month from the due date, a surcharge of ten per centum of the sum due as compensation;

(b)

where the payment of the compensation has been in arrears for a period exceeding one month but not exceeding three months from the due date, a surcharge of fifteen per centum of the sum due as compensation;

“Imposition of surcharge on employer for failure to pay compensation on due date

(c)

where the payment of the compensation has been in arrears for a period exceeding three months but not exceeding six months from the due date, a surcharge of twenty per centum of the sum due as compensation;

(d)

where the payment of the compensation has been in arrears for a period exceeding six months but not exceeding twelve months from the due date, a surcharge of twenty-five per centum of the sum due as compensation; or

(e)

where the payment of the compensation has been in arrears for a period exceeding twelve months from the due date, a surcharge of thirty per centum of the sum due as compensation.”.

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