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The Minimum Wages Act

An Act to provide for fixing minimum rates of wages in certain employments.
1948
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. All sections

  2. 1
     Short title and extent
  3. 2
     Interpretation
  4. 3
     Fixing of minimum rates of wages
  5. 4
     Minimum rate of wages
  6. 5
     Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages
  7. 6
     [Omitted.]
  8. 7
     Advisory Board
  9. 8
     Central Advisory Board
  10. 9
     Composition of committees, etc
  11. 10
     Correction of errors
  12. 11
     Wages in kind
  13. 12
     Payment of minimum rates of wages
  14. 13
     Fixing hours for a normal working day, etc
  15. 14
     Overtime
  16. 15
     Wages of worker who works for less than normal working day
  17. 16
     Wages for two or more classes of work
  18. 17
     Minimum time rate wages for piece work
  19. 18
     Maintenance of registers and records
  20. 19
     Inspectors
  21. 20
     Claims
  22. 21
     Single application in respect of a number of employees
  23. 22
     Penalties for certain offences
  24. 22A
     General provision for punishment of other offences
  25. 22B
     Cognizance of offences
  26. 22C
     Offences by companies
  27. 22D
     Payment of undisbursed amounts due to employees
  28. 22E
     Protection against attachment of assets of employer with Government
  29. 22F
     Application of Payment of Wages Act, 1936, to scheduled employments
  30. 23
     Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases
  31. 24
     Bar of suits
  32. 25
     Contracting out
  33. 26
     Exemptions and exceptions
  34. 27
     Power of State Government to add to Schedule
  35. 28
     Power of Central Government to give directions
  36. 29
     Power of the Central Government to make rules
  37. 30
     Power of appropriate Government to make rules
  38. 30A
     Rules made by Central Government to be laid before Parliament
  39. 31
     Validation of fixation of certain minimum rates of wages