Employers' Liability Act : Definitions. Indian Bare Acts :

Employers' Liability Act,1938

Act No : 24

Section : Definitions.

2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (a) "workman" means any person who has entered into, or works under a contract of, service or apprenticeship with an employer whether by way of manual labour, clerical work or otherwise, and whether the contract is expressed or implied, oral or in writing; and (b) "employer" includes any body of persons whether incorporated or not, any managing agent of an employer, and the legal representatives of a deceased employer, and, where the services of a workman are temporarily rent or let on hire to another person by the person with whom the workman has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship, means such other person while the workman is working for him.