Legal glossary

“contribution”

Defined in 5 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. The Code on Social Security, 2020 · s. 2

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  2. The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 · s. 2

    (c) "contribution" means a contribution payable in respect of a member under a Scheme[4] [or the contribution payable in respect of an employee to whom the Insurance Scheme applies];
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  3. The Income-tax Act, 1961 · s. 2

    (c) "contribution" means any sum credited by or on behalf of any employee out of his salary, or by an employer out of his own moneys, to the individual account of an employee, but does not include any sum credited as interest;
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  4. The Provident Funds Act, 1925 · s. 2

    (b) "contribution" means any amount credited in a Provident Fund, by[7] [any authority administering the Fund], by way of addition to,[8] [a subscription to, or deposit or balance at the credit of an individual account in,] the Fund; and "contributory Provident Fund" means a Provident Fund the rules of which provide for the crediting of contributions;
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  5. The Seamens Provident Fund Act, 1966 · s. 2

    (d) "contribution" means a contribution payable in respect of a member under the Scheme;
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