Protection of gratuity.- No gratuity payable under this Act 2[and no gratuity payable to an employee employed… — The PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT, 1972

Protection of gratuity.- No gratuity payable under this Act 2[and no gratuity payable to an employee employed in any establishment, factory, mine, oilfield, plantation, port, railway company or shop exempted under section 5] shall be liable to attachment in execution of any decree or under of any civil, revenue or criminal court.

13. Protection of gratuity.- No gratuity payable under this Act 2[and no gratuity payable to an employee employed in any establishment, factory, mine, oilfield, plantation, port, railway company or shop exempted under section 5] shall be liable to attachment in execution of any decree or under of any civil, revenue or criminal court. (i) Gratuity cannot be attached; Chirsostm v. Federal Bank Ltd. (1993) 1 LLJ 422 (Ker). (ii) This section gives total immunity to gratuity from attachment; Calcutta Dock Labour v. Smt. Sandhya Mitra, (1985) Lab IC 714 (SC).

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