Section 19:
Fines.
(1) No fine shall be imposed on any employee save in respect of those acts and omissions
on his part as the employer, with the previous approval of the appropriate Government or of such
authority as may be prescribed, may have specified by notice under sub-section (2-).
(2) A notice specifying such acts and omissions shall be exhibited in such manner as may be
prescribed, on the premises in which the employment is carried on.
(3) No fine shall be imposed on any employee until such employee has been given an opportunity of
showing cause against the fine or otherwise than in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed
for the imposition of fines.
(4) The total amount of fine which may be imposed in any one wage-period on any employee shall
not exceed an amount equal to three per cent. of the wages payable to him in respect of that wage-period.
(5) No fine shall be imposed on any employee who is under the age of fifteen years.
(6) No fine imposed on any employee shall be recovered from him by installments or after the expiry
of ninety days from the day on which it was imposed.
(7) Every fine shall be deemed to have been imposed on the day of the act or omission in respect of
which it was imposed.
(8) All fines and all realisations thereof shall be recorded in a register to be kept in such manner and
form as may be prescribed; and all such realisations shall be applied only to such purposes beneficial to
the persons employed in the establishment as are approved by the prescribed authority.