Section List

Act Number: 11

Act Name: The Minimum Wages Act, 1948

Year: 1948

Enactment Date: 1948-03-15

Long Title: An Act to provide for fixing minimum rates of wages in certain employments.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section NumberTitleActions
1 Short title and extent.
2 Interpretation.
3 Fixing of minimum rates of wages.
4 Minimum rate of wages.
5 Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages.
6 [Omitted.].
7 Advisory Board.
8 Central Advisory Board.
9 Composition of committees, etc.
10 Correction of errors.
11 Wages in kind.
12 Payment of minimum rates of wages.
13 Fixing hours for a normal working day, etc.
14 Overtime.
15 Wages of worker who works for less than normal working day.
16 Wages for two or more classes of work.
17 Minimum time rate wages for piece work.
18 Maintenance of registers and records.
19 Inspectors.
20 Claims.
21 Single application in respect of a number of employees.
22 Penalties for certain offences.
22A General provision for punishment of other offences.
22B Cognizance of offences.
22C Offences by companies.
22D Payment of undisbursed amounts due to employees.
22E Protection against attachment of assets of employer with Government.
22F Application of Payment of Wages Act, 1936, to scheduled employments.
23 Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases.
24 Bar of suits.
25 Contracting out.
26 Exemptions and exceptions.
27 Power of State Government to add to Schedule.
28 Power of Central Government to give directions.
29 Power of the Central Government to make rules.
30 Power of appropriate Government to make rules.
30A Rules made by Central Government to be laid before Parliament.
31 Validation of fixation of certain minimum rates of wages.
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