The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
Payment of Wages Actcentral
An Act To Regulate The Payment Of Wages Of Certain Classes Of Employed Persons.
Act Number
04
Enactment
1936-04-23
Ministry
Ministry Of Labour And Employment
Section 1Short title, extent, commencement and application.Section 2Definitions.Section 3Responsibility for payment of wages.Section 4Fixation of wage-periods.Section 5Time of payment of wages.Section 6Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or crediting in bank account.Section 7Deductions which may be made from wages.Section 8Fines.Section 9Deductions for absence from duty.Section 10Deductions for damage or loss.Section 11Deductions for services rendered.Section 12Deductions for recovery of advances.Section 12ADeductions for recovery of loans.Section 13Deductions for payments to co-operative societies and insurance schemes.Section 13AMaintenance of registers and records.Section 14Inspectors.Section 14AFacilities to be afforded to Inspectors.Section 15Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and penalty for malicious or vexatious claims.Section 16Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group.Section 17Appeal.Section 17AConditional attachment of property of employer or other person responsible for payment of wages.Section 18Powers of authorities appointed under section 15.Section 19[Omitted].Section 20Penalty for offences under the Act.Section 21Procedure in trial of offences.Section 22Bar of Suits.Section 22AProtection of action taken in good faith.Section 23Contracting out.Section 24Delegation of powers.Section 25Display by notice of abstracts of the Act.Section 25APayment of undisbursed wages in cases of death of employed person.Section 26Rule-making power.