Section 8B(1)(a) in Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Act, 1982
(a)every employer other than an employer operating a motor transport for carrying passengers or goods by roads, employing manual worker in any scheduled employment, shall be liable to pay, [to the respective Board established under section 6, for any scheduled employment, other than the scheduled employment in construction or maintenance of dams, bridges, roads, or in any building operations, a sum at such rate, in such manner and within such time, as specified in the scheme].