The Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Preamble

THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTIONS 1. Short title, extent, commencement and application. 2. Definitions. 3. Responsibility for payment of wages. 4. Fixation of wage-periods. 5. Time of payment of wages. 6. Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or crediting in bank account. 7. Deductions which may be made from wages. 8. Fines. 9. Deductions for absence from duty. 10. Deductions for damage or loss. 11. Deductions for services rendered. 12. Deductions for recovery of advances. 12A. Deductions for recovery of loans. 13. Deductions for payments to co-operative societies and insurance schemes. 13A. Maintenance of registers and records. 14. Inspectors. 14A. Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors. 15. Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and penalty for malicious or vexatious claims. 16. Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group. 17. Appeal. 17A. Conditional attachment of property of employer or other person responsible for payment of wages. 18. Powers of authorities appointed under section 15. 19. [Omitted]. 20. Penalty for offences under the Act. 21. Procedure in trial of offences. IndiaCode® SECTIONS 22. Bar of Suits. 22A. Protection of action taken in good faith. 23. Contracting out. 24. Delegation of powers. 25. Display by notice of abstracts of the Act. 25A. Payment of undisbursed wages in cases of death of employed person. 26. Rule-making power. IndiaCode THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936 ACT NO. 4 OF 19361 [23rd April, 1936.] An Act to regulate the payment of wages of certain classes to 2[employed persons]. WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of [employed persons]. It is hereby enacted as follows :-

Sections

Type to filter. 25 sections.

1. 1Short title, extent, commencement and application
2. 2Definitions
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12. 12
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14. 14Inspectors
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16. 16Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group
17. 17Appeal
18. 18Powers of authorities appointed under section 15
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20. 20Penalty for offences under the Act
21. 21Procedure in trial of offences
22. 22Bar of Suits
23. 23Contracting out
24. 25Display by notice of abstracts of the Act
25. 26Rule-making power