Act 4 of 1936

The Payment of Wages Act, 1936

An Act to regulate the payment of wages of certain classes of employed persons.

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