Section 46: Reference of disputes under this Code

What the provision requires

Allows specified disputes to be referred for decision under the Code.

Implementation control: Identify whether the issue is an individual claim, bonus-account dispute or other referable dispute and follow the notified forum route.

Provision-level reading sequence

• Read each subsection, clause, proviso and explanation in the official text.
• Apply section 2 definitions before testing the obligation or exception.
• Identify the appropriate Government and the applicable Central or State rule.
• Check commencement, section-specific notifications and saved predecessor-law instruments.
• Document the factual test and the evidence supporting the conclusion.

Evidence pack

• claim/appeal forms and orders
• wage/bonus records and proof
• nomination/deposit records
• statutory registers and returns

Compliance consequence

Apply the specific claims, recovery, adjudication, penalty and appeal provisions; do not infer a penalty solely from the section heading.

Remedy path: identify the claims authority, appellate authority, adjudicating officer, Inspector-cum-Facilitator or criminal court applicable to the issue.