No gratuity payable under this Act 1[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 order of any
civil, revenue or criminal court.
1. Ins. by Act 25 of 1984, s. 6 (w.e.f. 1-7-1984).