The Payment of Wages Act `1936
An Act to regulate the payment of wages of certain classes of employed persons.1936
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1Short title, extent, commencement and application2Definitions3Responsibility for payment of wages4Fixation of wage-periods5Time of payment of wages6Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or crediting in bank account7Deductions which may be made from wages8Fines9Deductions for absence from duty10Deductions for damage or loss11Deductions for services rendered12Deductions for recovery of advances12ADeductions for recovery of loans13Deductions for payments to co-operative societies and insurance schemes13AMaintenance of registers and records14Inspectors14AFacilities to be afforded to Inspectors15Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and penalty for malicious or vexatious claims16Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group17Appeal17AConditional attachment of property of employer or other person responsible for payment of wages18Powers of authorities appointed under section 1519[Omitted]20Penalty for offences under the Act21Procedure in trial of offences22Bar of Suits22AProtection of action taken in good faith23Contracting out24Delegation of powers25Display by notice of abstracts of the Act25APayment of undisbursed wages in cases of death of employed person26Rule-making power