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  "text": "THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936 \r\n(IV of 1936) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent, commencement and application. \r\n2. Definitions. \r\n3. Responsibility for payment of wages. \r\n4. Fixation of wage-periods. \r\n5. Time of payment of wages. \r\n6. Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes. \r\n7. Deductions which may be made from wages. \r\n8. Fines. \r\n9. Deductions for absence from duty. \r\n10. Deductions for damage or loss. \r\n11. Deductions for services rendered. \r\n12. Deductions for recovery of advances. \r\n13. Deductions for payments to co-operative societies and insurance schemes. \r\n14. Inspectors. \r\n15. Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and \r\npenalty for malicious or vexatious claims. \r\n16. Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group. \r\n17. Appeal. \r\n18. Powers of authorities appointed under section 15. \r\n19. Power to recover from employer in certain cases. \r\n20. Penalty for offences under the Act. \r\n21. Procedure in trial of offences. \r\n21A. [Omitted] \r\n22. Bar of suits. \r\n23. Contracting out. \r\n24. [Omitted] \r\n25. Publicity of the Act. \r\n26. Rule-making power. \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936 \r\n(IV of 1936) \r\n[2nd May, 1936] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of persons employed in industry. \r\n WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes \r\nof persons employed in industry; \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\n1. Short title, extent, commencement and application .– (1) This Act may be \r\ncalled the Payment of Wages Act, 1936. \r\n \r\n2\r\n[(2) It extends to the whole of \r\n3\r\n[the Punjab].] \r\n (3) It shall come into force on such date\r\n4\r\n as the \r\n5\r\n[\r\n6\r\n[\r\n7\r\n[*] Government]] may, \r\nby notification in the \r\n8\r\n[Official Gazette], appoint. \r\n (4) It applies \r\n9\r\n[****] to the payment of wages to persons employed in any \r\nfactory \r\n10\r\n[industrial establishment or commercial est ablishment] and to persons \r\nemployed (otherwise than in a factory) upon any railway by a railway administration \r\nor, either directly or through a sub -contractor, by a person fulfilling a contract with a \r\nrailway administration. \r\n \r\n1\r\nFor Statement of Objects and Reasons see G azette of India,  Part V, 1936, p. 20; and for Report of Select Committee, see \r\nibid., p. 77. This Act received the assent of the Governor General on April 23, 1936 , published in the Gazette of India, Part -IV, \r\ndated May 2, 1936, pp. 21-29.  \r\n2\r\nSubstituted by t he Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance , 1960  (XXI of 1960), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated June 9, 1960, pp. 725-845, s. 3. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the word “Pakistan” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2 014), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2. \r\n4\r\nMarch 28, 1937, see Gazette of India, 1937, Part I, p. 626. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted for the words “Governor -General in Council or” by the Government of India (Adaptatio n of Indian Laws) Order, \r\n1937, published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with Schedule. \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the words “Central Government” by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 (XI of 1975), publishe d in the \r\nGazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), pp. 17-31, s. 2 read with Schedule. \r\n7\r\nOmitted by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n8\r\nSubstituted for the word “Gazette” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the \r\nGazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n9\r\nOmitted the words “in the first instance” by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (LIII of 2001), published in the \r\nGazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), Part I, (w.e.f. July 1, 2001), dated October 6, 2001, pp.  1475-1481, s.  2 read with \r\nSchedule.  \r\n10\r\nInserted by the Ordinance ibid.  \r\n \r\n1\r\n[(5) * * * * * * * * *   ]  \r\n \r\n2\r\n[(6) * * * * * * * * *   ]  \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or \r\ncontext,– \r\n3\r\n[(i) “commercial establishment” means a commercial establishment as \r\ndefined in the West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial (Standing \r\nOrders) Ordinance, 1968 (W.P. Ordinance VI of 1968).] \r\n4\r\n[(ia) “Government” means Government of the Punjab;]  \r\n5\r\n[(ia)] “factory” means a factory as defined in clause (j ) of secti on 2 of the \r\nFactories Act, 1934\r\n6\r\n; \r\n(ii) “Industrial establishment” means any– \r\n(a) tramway or motor omnibus service; \r\n(b) dock, wharf or jetty; \r\n(c) inland steam-vessel; \r\n(d) mine, quarry or oil-field; \r\n(e) plantation; \r\n(f) workshop or other establishment in which articles are produced, \r\nadapted or manufactured, with a view to their use, trans port or \r\nsale; \r\n7\r\n[(g) establishment of a contractor who, directly or  indirectly, employs \r\npersons \r\n8\r\n[*****] to do any  skilled or unskilled, manual or clerical \r\nlabour for hire or reward in connection with the execution of a \r\ncontract to which he is a party, and includes the premises in \r\nwhich, or the site at which, any process connected with such \r\nexecution is carried on; \r\nExplanation.– “Contractor” includes a sub-contractor, headman or agent;] \r\n(iii) \"plantation\" means any estate which is maintained for the purpose of \r\ngrowing cinchona, rubber, coffee or tea, and on which twenty -five or \r\n \r\n1\r\nOmitted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (LIII of 2001), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), Part I, (w.e.f. July 1, 2001), dated October 6, 2001, pp. 1475-1481, s. 2 read with Schedule.  \r\n2\r\nIbid.  \r\n3\r\nInserted by the Ordinance ibid. \r\n4\r\nInserted by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 4(a).  \r\n5\r\nRenumbered by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (LI II of 2001), published in the Gazette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), Part I, (w.e.f. July 1, 2001), dated October 6, 2001, pp. 1475-1481, s. 2 read with Schedule.  \r\n6\r\nXXV of 1934. \r\n7\r\nInserted by the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act , 1973  (XVII of 1973), publishe d i n the Gazette of Pakistan  \r\n(Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-53, s. 3.  \r\n8\r\nOmitted the words “in any industrial establishment” by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1977 (XVII of 1977), published in \r\nthe Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated May 9, 1977, pp. 239-244, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\nmore persons are employed for that purpose; \r\n(iv) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; \r\n(v) \"railway administration\" has the meaning assigned to it in clause (6) o f \r\nsection 3 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890\r\n1\r\n; and \r\n(vi) \"wages\" means all remuneration, capable of being expresse d in terms \r\nof money, which would, if the terms of the contract of employment, \r\nexpress or implied, were fulfilled, be payable, whether condition ally \r\nupon the regular attendance, good work or conduct or other behaviour \r\nof the person employed, or otherwise, t o a person employed in respect \r\nof his employment or of work done in such employment, and includes \r\nany bonus or other additional remuneration of  the nature aforesaid \r\nwhich would be so payable and any sum payable to such person by \r\nreason of the termination of his employment, but does not include– \r\n(a) the value of any house -accommodation, supply of light, water, \r\nmedical attendance or other amenity, or of any service excluded \r\nby general or special order of the \r\n2\r\n[****] \r\n3\r\n[\r\n4\r\n[Government]]; \r\n5\r\n[(b)  * * * * * * * *   ] \r\n(c) any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling \r\nconcession; \r\n(d) any sum paid to the person employed to defray special \r\nexpenses entailed on him by the nature of his employment; or \r\n6\r\n[(e)  * * * * * * * *   ] \r\n3. Responsibility for payment of wages .– Every employer \r\n7\r\n[including a \r\ncontractor], shall be responsible for the payment to persons employed by him of all \r\nwages required to be paid under this Act: \r\n Provided that, in the case of persons employed (otherwise than by a \r\ncontractor)– \r\n(a) in factories, if a person has been named as the manager of the factory \r\nunder clause (e) of sub -section (1) of section 9 of the Factories Act, \r\n1934\r\n8\r\n, \r\n \r\n1\r\nIX of 1890. \r\n2\r\nLeave out the words “Governor -General in Council or” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indi an Laws) Order, 1937, \r\npublished in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with Schedule.  \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid., Article 4(1) read with Schedule. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the  words “Provincial Government” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n5\r\nOmitted by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (V II of 2014), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 4 (b).  \r\n6\r\nIbid. \r\n7\r\nInserted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (IX of 1972), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated April 13, 1972, pp. 485-519, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\n8\r\nXXV of 1934. \r\n(b) in i ndustrial establishments, if there is a person responsible to the \r\nemployer for the supervision and control of the industrial establishment, \r\n(c) upon railways  (otherwise than in factories), if the employer is the \r\nrailway administration and the railway admin istration has nominated a \r\nperson in this behalf for the local area concerned, the person so \r\nnamed, the person so r esponsible to the employer, or the person so \r\nnominated, as the case may be, shall be responsible for such payment. \r\n4. Fixation of wage-periods.– (1) Every person responsible for the payment of \r\nwages under section 3 shall fix periods (in this Act referred t o as wage -periods) in \r\nrespect of which such wages shall be payable. \r\n (2) No wage-period shall exceed one month. \r\n5. Time of payment of wages.– (1) The wages of every person employed upon \r\nor in– \r\n(a) any railway, factory or industrial establishment \r\n1\r\n[or commer cial \r\nestablishment] upon or in which less than one thousand persons are \r\nemployed, shall be paid before the expiry of the seventh day, \r\n(b) any other railway, factory or industrial establishment  \r\n2\r\n[or commercial \r\nestablishment], shall be paid before the expiry  of the tenth day, after \r\nthe last day of the wage -period in respect of which the wages are \r\npayable. \r\n (2) Where the employment of any person i s terminated by or on behalf of \r\nthe employer, the wages earned by him shall be paid before the expiry of the second \r\nworking day from the day on which his employment is terminated. \r\n (3) The \r\n3\r\n[\r\n4\r\n[Government]] may, by general or special order, exempt, to such \r\nextent and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order, the person \r\nresponsible for the payment of wag es to persons employed upon any railway \r\n(otherwise than in a factory) from the operation of this section in respect of the \r\nwages of any such persons or class of such persons. \r\n (4) All payments of wages shall be made on a working day. \r\n6. Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes .– All wages shall be \r\npaid in current coin or currency notes or in both. \r\n7. Deductions which may be made fro m w ages.– (1) Notwithstanding the \r\nprovisions of sub -section (2) of  section 47 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890\r\n5\r\n, the \r\nwages of an employed person shall be paid to him without deductions of any kind \r\n \r\n1\r\nInserted by the P unjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 5. \r\n2\r\nIbid. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “Governor-General in Council” by the Government of India (Adaptation o f Indian Laws) Order, 1937, \r\npublished in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with Schedule. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the words “Pr ovincial Government” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 20 14), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n5\r\nIX of 1890. \r\nexcept those authorised by or under this Act. \r\nExplanation.– Every payment made by the employed person to the employer or his \r\nagent shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a deduction from wages. \r\n (2) Deductions from the wages of an employed person shall be made only \r\nin accordance with the provisions of this Act, and may be of the following kinds only, \r\nnamely:– \r\n(a) fines; \r\n(b) deductions for absence from duty; \r\n(c) deductions for damage to or loss of goods expressly entrusted to the \r\nemployed person for custody, or for loss of money for which he is \r\nrequired to account, where such damage or loss is directly attributable \r\nto his neglect or default; \r\n(d) deductions for house-accommodation supplied by the employer; \r\n(e) deductions for such amenities and services supplied by the employer \r\nas the  \r\n1\r\n[***] \r\n2\r\n[\r\n3\r\n[Government]] may, by general or special order, \r\nauthorise\r\n4\r\n; \r\nExplanation.– The word 'services' in this sub -clause does not includ e the supply of \r\ntools and raw materials required for the purposes of employment. \r\n(f) deductions for recovery of advances or for adjustmen t o f over -\r\npayments of wages; \r\n(g) deductions of income-tax payable by the employed person; \r\n(h) deductions required to be  made by order of a Court or other authority \r\ncompetent to make such order; \r\n(i) deductions f or subscriptions to, and for re payment of adva nces from \r\nany provident fund to which the Provident Funds Act, 1925\r\n5\r\n, applies or \r\nany recognised provident fund as defin ed in section \r\n6\r\n[clause (37) of \r\n \r\n1\r\nOmitted the words “Governor -General in Council or” by the Go vernment of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, \r\npublished in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with Schedule. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid., Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Governmen t” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n4\r\n(a)  Deductions authorised from the wages of employees of the Pakistan Railway for the supply of tea and eatables to them on \r\ncredit by canteens managed and fina nced by the railways, vide Noti fication No. 27(24)/52, March 4, 1952, Gazette of \r\nPakistan Part I, March 7, 1952, p. 158.  \r\n(b)  Central Government authorised the supply of diet in the hosp itals of the Attock Oil Co. Ltd., at Khaur and Balkassar as a \r\nservice for which deduction from the wages of persons employed that Company may be made at their written request vide \r\nMinistry of Labour Notification No. LC 27 (32)/53, April 16, 1953, Gazette of Pakistan, Part II, April 24, 1953, p. 94.  \r\n(c)  Punjab Government authorised the supply of hospital diet to the in-patients in hospitals maintained by the employer for the \r\nemployees and their families if accepted by him as a term of service or otherwise,  as a service for which deduction from \r\nwages may be made vide Punjab Government Notification No. 2841-53/Ind. May 5, 1953, Punjab Gazette, Part I, May 15, \r\n1953, p. 405. \r\n5\r\nXIX of 1925. \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the figures, letter, words and comma “58A of the Income -tax Act, 1922” by the Federal Laws (Revision and \r\nDeclaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated July 8, 1981, pp.  \r\n345-475, s. 3 read with Second Schedule.  \r\nsection 2 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 1979 (XXXI of 1979)] , or any \r\nprovident fund approved in this behalf  by the \r\n1\r\n[\r\n2\r\n[Government]], during \r\nthe continuance of such approval; \r\n3\r\n[*] \r\n(j) deductions for payments to co -operative soc ieties approved by the  \r\n4\r\n[\r\n5\r\n[Government]] or to a scheme of insurance maintained by the  \r\n6\r\n[Pakistan Post Office].\r\n7\r\n[and \r\n(k) deductions, made with the written authorisation of the employed \r\nperson, in furtherance of any War Savings scheme, approved by the \r\n8\r\n[Government], for the purchase of securities of the \r\n9\r\n[Government of \r\nPakistan] \r\n10\r\n[****].] \r\n8. Fines.– (1) No fine shall be imposed on any employed person save in respect \r\nof such acts and omissions on his part as the employer, with the previous approval \r\nof the \r\n11\r\n[\r\n12\r\n[Government]] or of the prescribed authority, may have specified by notice \r\nunder sub-section (2). \r\n (2) A notice specifying such acts and o missions shall be exhibited in the \r\nprescribed manner on the premises in which the employment is carried on or in the \r\ncase of persons employed upon a railway (otherwise than in a factory), at the \r\nprescribed place or places. \r\n (3) No fine shall be imposed on any employed person until he has been \r\ngiven an opportunity of showing cause against the fine, or otherwise than in \r\naccordance with such procedure as may be prescribed for the imposition of fines. \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Governm ent” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n3\r\nOmitted the word “and” by the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 1940 (III of 1940),  published in the Government \r\nGazette, Punjab, Part IV, dated July 12, 1940, pp. 159-160, s. 2(a). \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India ( Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Punjab Payment of Wag es (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the words “Indian Post Office” by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act, 1951 (XXVI of 1951), \r\npublished in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated May 12, 1951, pp. 331-388, s. 4 read with Third Schedule. \r\n7\r\nAdded by the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 1940 (III of 1940), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, \r\nPart IV, dated July 12, 1940, pp. 159-160, s. 2(b). \r\n8\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by  the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2. \r\n9\r\nSubstituted f or the words “Government of India” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949, vide \r\nNotification No. G.G.O. 4, dated March 25, 1949, published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28,  1949, \r\npp. 223-283, s. 3(1) read with Schedule. \r\n10\r\nOmitted the words “or the Government of the United Kingdom” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII \r\nof 2014), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 6.  \r\n11\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n12\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of  2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n (4) The total amount of fine which may be imposed in any on e w age-\r\nperiod on any employed person shall not exceed an amount equal to  \r\n1\r\n[three percent] \r\nof the wages payable to him in respect of that wage-period.  \r\n (5) No fine shall be imposed on any employed person who is under the \r\nage of fifteen years. \r\n (6) No fine imposed on any employed person shall be recovered from him \r\nby installments or after the expiry of sixty days from the day on  which it was \r\nimposed. \r\n (7) Every fine shall be deemed to have been imposed on the day of the act \r\nor omission in respect of which it was imposed. \r\n (8) All fines and all realisations thereof shall be recorded in a register to be \r\nkept by the person responsible  for the payment of wages under section 3 in such \r\nform as may be prescribed; and all such realisations shall be applied only to su ch \r\npurposes beneficial to the persons employed in the factory or establishment as are \r\napproved by the prescribed authority. \r\nExplanation.– When the persons employed upon or in any railway, factory or \r\nindustrial establishment are part only of a staff employe d u nder the same \r\nmanagement, all such realisations may be credited to a common fund maintained for \r\nthe staff as a whole, provided that the fund shall be applied only to such purposes as \r\nare  approved  by the prescribed authority. \r\n9. Deductions for absence from duty .– (1) Deductions may be made under \r\nclause (b) of sub -section (2) of section 7 only on account of the absence of an \r\nemployed person from the place or places  where, by the terms of his employment, \r\nhe is required to work, such absence being for the whole or any part of the period \r\nduring which he is so required to work. \r\n (2) The amount of such deduction shall in no case bear  to the wages \r\npayable to the employed person in respect of the wage -period for which the \r\ndeduction is made a larger proportion th an the period for which he was absent bears \r\nto the  total period, within such wage period, during which by the terms of his \r\nemployment, he was required to work: \r\n Provided that, subject to any rules made in this behalf by the \r\n2\r\n[\r\n3\r\n[Government]], \r\nif ten or more  employed persons acting in concert absent themselves without due \r\nnotice (that is to say without giving the notice which is requ ired under the terms of \r\ntheir contracts of employment) and without reasonable cause, such deduction from \r\nany such person may inc lude such amount not exceeding his wages for eight days \r\nas may by any such terms be due to the employer in lieu of due notice. \r\n4\r\n[Explanation.– For the purposes of this section, an employed person shall be \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “half-an-anna in the rupee” by the Act ibid., s.7.  \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Ad aptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Punjab Payment of Wages  (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2. \r\n4\r\nAdded by the Payment of Wages (Amendment)  Act, 1937 (XXII of 1937), passed by the Indian Legislature and received the \r\nassent of the Governor General on April 14, 1937, s. 2. \r\ndeemed to be absent from the place where he is requ ired to work if, although \r\npresent in such place, he refuses, in pursuance of a stay -in strike or for any other \r\ncause which is not reasonable in the circumstances, to carry out his work.] \r\n10. Deductions for damage or loss .– (1) A deduction under clause (c) of sub-\r\nsection (2) of section 7 shall not exceed the amount of the damage or loss caused to \r\nthe employer by the neglect or default of the employed person and shall not be made \r\nuntil the employed person has been given an opportunity of showing cause against  \r\nthe deduction, or otherwise than in accordan ce with such procedure as may be  \r\nprescribed for the making of such deductions. \r\n (2) All such deductions and all realisations thereof shall be recorded in a \r\nregister to be kept by the person responsible for the payment of wages under section \r\n3 in such form as may be prescribed. \r\n11. Deductions for services rendered .– A deduction under claus e (d) or clause \r\n(e) of sub-section (2) of section 7 shall not be made from the wages of an employed \r\nperson, unless the house-accommodation amenity or service has been accepted by \r\nhim, as a term of employment or otherwise, and such deduction shall not excee d an \r\namount equivalent to the value of the house -accommodation amenity or service \r\nsupplied and, in the case of a deduction under the said clause (e), shall be subject to \r\nsuch conditions as \r\n1\r\n[***] the \r\n2\r\n[\r\n3\r\n[Government]] may impose. \r\n12. Deductions for recovery of advances.– Deductions under clause (f) of sub -\r\nsection (2) of section 7 shall be subject to the following conditions, namely:– \r\n(a) recovery of an advance of money given before employment began \r\nshall be made from the first payment of wages in respect of a complete \r\nwage-period, but no recovery shall be made of such advances given \r\nfor travelling-expenses; \r\n(b) recovery of advances of wages not already earned shall be subject to \r\nany rules made by the \r\n4\r\n[\r\n5\r\n[Government]] regulating the extent to which \r\nsuch advances may be given and the installments by which they may \r\nbe recovered. \r\n13. Deductions for payments to co -operative societies and insurance \r\nschemes.– Deductions under clause (j) \r\n6\r\n[and clause (k)] of sub-section (2) of section \r\n \r\n1\r\nOmitted the words “the Governor-General in Council or” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937,  \r\npublished in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with Schedule. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Order ibid., Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted for the w ords “Provincial Government” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (V II of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of  India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Punjab Paymen t of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n6\r\nInserted by the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 1940 (III of 1940), published in the Government Gazette, Punjab, \r\nPart IV, dated July 12, 1940, pp. 159-160, s. 3. \r\n7 shall be subject to such conditions as the \r\n1\r\n[\r\n2\r\n[Government]] may impose. \r\n14. Inspectors.– (1) An Inspector of Factories appointed under sub -section (1) of \r\nsection 10 of the Factories Act, 1934\r\n3\r\n, shall be an Inspector for the purposes of this \r\nAct in respect of all factories within the local limits assigned to him. \r\n (2) The \r\n4\r\n[\r\n5\r\n[Government]] may appoint Inspectors for the purposes of this \r\nAct in respect of all persons employed upon a railway (otherwise than in a factory) to \r\nwhom this Act applies. \r\n (3) The \r\n6\r\n[\r\n7\r\n[Government]] may, by notification in the  \r\n8\r\n[Official Gazette], \r\nappoint such other persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors for the purposes of this \r\nAct, and ma y d efine the local limits within which and the class of factories and \r\nindustrial establishments in respect of which they shall exercise their functions. \r\n (4) An Inspector may, at all reasonable hours, enter on any premises, and \r\nmake such examination of any  register or document relating to the calculation or \r\npayment of wages and take on the spot or otherwise such evidence of any person,  \r\nand exercise such other powers of inspection, as he may deem necessary for \r\ncarrying out the purposes of this Act. \r\n (5) Every I nspector shall be deemed to be a public servant within the \r\nmeaning of the Indian\r\n9\r\n Penal Code\r\n10\r\n. \r\n15. Claims arising out of deduction s fr om wages or delay in payment of \r\nwages and penalty for malicious or vexatious claims .– (1) The \r\n11\r\n[\r\n12\r\n[Government]] \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provi ncial Government” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n3\r\nXXV of 1934. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the words “Governor-General in Council” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, \r\npublished in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 3 read with Schedule. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Punjab Payment of Wage s (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n7\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Govern ment” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\n8\r\nSubstituted for the words “local official Gazette” by the Government of India (Adaptatio n of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, \r\npublished in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), da ted April 1, 1937, pp.75 -344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General \r\nAdaptations. \r\n9\r\nNow it is ‘Pakistan Penal Code’ as the word “Pakistan” substituted with the word “Indian” by the Adaptation of Central Acts and \r\nOrdinances Order, 1949, published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, Article 3(1). \r\n10\r\nXLV of 1860. \r\n11\r\nSubstituted for the words “Local Government” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published \r\nin the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344, Article 4(1) read with Table of General Adaptations. \r\n12\r\nSubstituted for the words “Provincial Government” by the Punjab Payment of Wage s (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 2.  \r\nmay, by notification in the  \r\n1\r\n[Official Gazette ], appoint any Commissioner for \r\nWorkmen's Compensation or other officer with experience as a Ju dge of a Civil \r\nCourt or as a stipendiary Magistrate to be the authority to hear and decide for any \r\nspecified area all claim s arising out of deductions of  the wages, \r\n2\r\n[or non-payment of \r\ndues relating to provident fund or gratuity payable under any law ,] or delay in the \r\npayment of wages, of persons employed or paid in that area. \r\n (2) Where contrary to the provisions of this Act any deduction has been \r\nmade from the wages of an employed person, or any payment of wages  \r\n3\r\n[, or of any \r\ndues relating to provident fund or gratuity payable under any law,] has been delayed, \r\nsuch person himself, or any legal practitioner or any official of a r egistered trade \r\nunion authorised in writing to act on his behalf, or any Inspector under this Act, \r\n4\r\n[or \r\nany of the heirs of an empl oyed person who has died,] or any other person acting \r\nwith the permission of the authority appointed under sub -section (1), m ay apply to \r\nsuch authority for a direction under sub-section (3): \r\n Provided that every such application shall be presented within \r\n5\r\n[three years] \r\nfrom the date on which the deduction from the wages was made or from the date on \r\nwhich the payment of the wages was due to be made, as the case may be: \r\n Provided further that any application may be admitted after the said period of \r\n6\r\n[three years] when the applicant satisfies the authority that he had sufficient cause \r\nfor not making the application within such period. \r\n (3) When any application under sub -section (2) is entertained, the \r\nauthority shall hear the applicant and the employer or other pe rson responsible for \r\nthe payment of wages under section 3, or give them an opportunity of being heard, \r\nand, after such further inquiry (if any) as may be necessary, may, without prejudice \r\nto any other penalty to which such employer or other person is liabl e under this Act, \r\ndirect the refund to the employed person \r\n7\r\n[or, if the applicant is one of the heirs of an \r\nemployed pe rson, t he payment to such applicant,] of the amount deducted, or the \r\npayment of the delayed wages  \r\n8\r\n[or of any dues relating to provident fund or gratuity \r\npayable under any law] , together with the payment of such compensation as the \r\nauthority may think fit,  not exceeding ten times the amount deducted in the former \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “local official Gazette” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937, \r\npublished in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp.  75-344, Arti cle 4(1) read with Table of General \r\nAdaptations. \r\n2\r\nInserted by the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act,  1973 (XVII of 1973), published in the Gazette of Pakistan  \r\n(Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-53, s. 3.  \r\n3\r\nInserted by the Labour Laws (Amendment ) Act, 1977 (XVII of 1977), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated May 9, 1977, pp. 239-244, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\n4\r\nIbid. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted for the  words “six months” by the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 1973 (XVII of 1973), pu blished in the \r\nGazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated February 7, 1973, pp. 37-53, s. 4(b). \r\n6\r\nIbid. \r\n7\r\nInserted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1977 (XVII of 1977), pu blished in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated May 9, 1977, pp. 239-244, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\n8\r\nInserted by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 8.  \r\ncase and not exceeding \r\n1\r\n[one thousand rupees] in the latter: \r\n Provided that no direction for the payment of compensation shall be made In \r\nthe case of delayed wages if the authority is satisfied that the delay was due to– \r\n(a) a bona fide error or bona fide dispute as to the amount payable to the \r\nemployed person, or \r\n(b) the occurrence of an emergency, or the existence of exceptional \r\ncircumstances, such that the person responsible for the payment of th e \r\nwages was unable, though exercising reasonable diligence, to make \r\nprompt payment, or \r\n(c) the failure of the employed person to apply for or accept payment. \r\n (4) If the authority hearing any application under this section is satisfied \r\nthat it was either m alicious or vexatious, the authority may direct that a penalty not \r\nexceeding \r\n2\r\n[five hundred] rupees be paid to the employer or other person  \r\nresponsible for the payment of wages by the person presenting the application. \r\n (5) Any amount directed to be paid under this section may be recovered– \r\n(a) if the authority is a Magistrate, by the authority as if it were a fine \r\nimposed by him as Magistrate, and \r\n3\r\n[(b) if the authority is not a Magistrate, by the authority as an arrear of land-\r\nrevenue, or, in the prescribed manner, by the authority by distress and \r\nsale of the moveable prope rty belonging to the person by whom the \r\namount is to be paid, or by attachment and sale of the immoveable \r\nproperty belonging to such person.] \r\n16. Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group .– (1) Employed \r\npersons are said to belong to the sam e unpaid group if they are borne on the same \r\nestablishment and if their wages for the same wage-period or periods have remained \r\nunpaid after the day fixed by section 5. \r\n (2) A single application may be presented under  section 15 on behalf or in \r\nrespect of a ny number of employed persons belonging to the same unpaid group, \r\nand in such case the maximum compensation that ma y b e aw arded under sub -\r\nsection (3) of section 15 shall be \r\n4\r\n[one thousand] rupees per head. \r\n (3) The authority may deal with any number of sepa rate pending \r\napplications, presented under section 15 in respect of persons belonging to the \r\nsame unpaid group, as  a single application presented under sub -section (2) of this \r\nsection, and the provisions of that sub-section shall apply accordingly. \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the words “ten rupees” by the Act ibid.  \r\n2\r\nSubstituted for the word “fifty” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 8. \r\n3\r\nSubstituted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1976 (XI of 1976), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated April 16, 1976, pp. 201-209, s. 2 read with Schedule. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the word “ten” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 9. \r\n17. Appeal.– (1) An appeal against a direction made under \r\n1\r\n[sub-section (3)  or \r\nsub-section (4)]  of section 15 may be pref erred, within thirty days of the date on \r\nwhich the direction was made, \r\n2\r\n[*** \r\n3\r\n[***] ****] before the \r\n4\r\n[Labour Court constituted \r\nunder the \r\n5\r\n[Punjab Industrial Relations Act, 2010 (XIX of 2010)], with in whose \r\njurisdiction the cause of action to which the appeal relates arose]– \r\n(a) by the employer or other person responsible for the payment of wages \r\nunder section 3, if the total sum directed to b e paid by way of wages \r\nand compensation exceeds \r\n6\r\n[ten thousand] rupees \r\n7\r\n[:] \r\n8\r\n[Provided that no appeal under this cl ause shall lie unless the \r\nmemorandum of appeal is accompanied by a certificate of the authority \r\nto the effect that the appellant has deposite d with the authority the \r\namount payable under the direction appealed against, or]  \r\n9\r\n[(b) by an employed person or, if he has died, by any of his heirs, if the total \r\namount of wages claimed to have been withheld from the employed \r\nperson or from the unpaid g roup to which he belonged exceeds \r\n10\r\n[five \r\nhundred] rupees, or]  \r\n(c) by any person directed to pay a penalty under \r\n11\r\n[sub-section ( 4)] of \r\nsection 15. \r\n \r\n12\r\n[(1A) All appeals pending before any District Court under this section \r\nimmediately before the commencement of the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975, \r\nshall, on such commencement, stand transferred to, and be disposed of by,  the \r\nLabour Court within whose jurisdiction the cause of action to which the appeal \r\nrelates arose.] \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the word, brackets and figure “sub -section (3)” by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1937 (XX of 1937), \r\npublished in the Gazette of India, Part IV, dated April 17, 1937, pp. 40-44, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\n2\r\nOmitted the words “in a Presidency -town before the Court of Small Causes and elsewhere” by the Adaptation of Central Acts \r\nand Ordinances Ord er, 1949, vide Notification No. G.G.O.  4, dated March 25, 1949, published in the Gaz ette of Pakistan \r\n(Extraordinary), dated March 28, 1949, pp. 223-283, s. 3(1) read with Schedule. \r\n3\r\nOmitted the words “or in Rangoon” by the Government of India (Adaptation o f Indian Laws) Order, 1937, published in the \r\nGazette of India (Extraordinary), dated April 1, 1937, pp. 75-344,  Article 3 read with Schedule. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the words “District Court” by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1975 (XI of 1975), published in t he Gazette of \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), pp. 17-31, s. 2 read with Schedule. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted for the words, comma, figures and brackets “Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 (XXIII of 1969)” by the Punjab \r\nPayment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), p ublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, \r\n2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 10. \r\n6\r\nSubstituted for the words “three hundred” by the Act ibid. \r\n7\r\nSubstituted for the comma and word “, or” by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1976 (XI of 1976), publis hed in the Gazette \r\nof Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated April 16, 1976, pp. 201-209, s. 2 read with Schedule. \r\n8\r\nAdded by the Act ibid. \r\n9\r\nSubstituted by the Labour Laws (Amendment) Act, 1977 (XVII of 1977), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), \r\ndated May 9, 1977, pp. 239-244, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\n10\r\nSubstituted for the word “fifty” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 10. \r\n11\r\nSubstituted for the word, brackets and figure “sub -section ( 5)” by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1937 (XX of 1937), \r\npublished in the Gazette of India, Part IV, dated April 17, 1937, pp. 40-44, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\n12\r\nInserted by the Labour Law s (Amendment) Act, 1975 (XI of 1975), published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraord inary), pp. \r\n17-31, s. 2 read with Schedule. \r\n (2) Save as provided in sub -section (1), a ny direction made under sub -\r\nsection (3) or \r\n1\r\n[sub-section (4)] of section 15 shall be final. \r\n18. Powers of authori ties appointed under  section 15.– Every authority \r\nappointed under sub -section (1) of  section 15 shall have all the powers of a Civil \r\nCourt under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908\r\n2\r\n, for the purpose of taking evidence \r\nand of enforcing the attendance of witn esses and compelling the production of \r\ndocuments, and every such authority shall be deemed to be a Civil Court for all the \r\npurposes of section 195 and of Chapter XXXV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, \r\n1898\r\n3\r\n. \r\n19. Power to recover from employer in certain c ases.– When the authority \r\nreferred to in  section 15 or the Court referred to in  section 17 is unable to recover \r\nfrom any person (other than  an employer) responsible under  section 3 for the \r\npayment of wages any amount directed by such  authority under  sec tion 15 or  \r\nsection 17 to be paid by such person, the authority shall recover the amount from the \r\nemployer of the employed person concerned. \r\n20. Penalty for offences under the Act .– (1) Whoever being responsible for the \r\npayment of wages to an employed perso n contravenes any of the prov isions of any \r\nof the following sections, namely, section 5 and sections 7 to 13, both inclusive, shall \r\nbe punishable with fine which may extend to \r\n4\r\n[ten thousand] rupees. \r\n (2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4, se ction 6 or section \r\n25 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to \r\n5\r\n[five thousand] rupees. \r\n21. Procedure in trial of offences .– (1) No  Court shall take cognizance of a \r\ncomplaint against any person for an offence under sub -section (1) of  section 20 , \r\nunless an application in respect of the facts constituting the offence has been \r\npresented under section 15 and has been granted wholly or in par t and the authority \r\nempowered under the latter section or the appellate Court granting such application \r\nhas sanctioned the making of the complaint. \r\n (2) Before sanctioning the making of a complaint against any person for an \r\noffence under sub -section (1) of section 20, the authority empowered under section \r\n15 or the appellate Court, as the case may be, shall give suc h person an opportunity \r\nof showing cause against the granting of such sanction, and the sanction shall not be \r\ngranted if such person satisfies the authority or Court that his default was due to– \r\n(a) a bona fide error or bona fide dispute as to the amount p ayable to the \r\nemployed person, or \r\n(b) the occurrence of an emergency, or the existence of exceptional \r\ncircumstances, such that the person responsible for the payment of the \r\n \r\n1\r\nSubstituted for the word, brackets and figure “sub -section (5)” by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1937 (XX of 1937), \r\npublished in the Gazette of India, Part IV, dated April 17, 1937, pp. 40-44, s. 2 read with First Schedule. \r\n2\r\nV of 1908. \r\n3\r\nV of 1898. \r\n4\r\nSubstituted for the words “five hundred” by the Punjab Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 19, 2014, pp. 2835-2836, s. 10. \r\n5\r\nSubstituted for the words “two hundred” by the Act ibid., s.11.  \r\nwages was unable, though exercising reasonable diligence, to make \r\nprompt payment, or \r\n(c) the failure of the employed person to apply for or accept payment. \r\n (3) No Court shall take cognizance of a contravention of  section 4 or o f \r\nsection 6 or of a contr avention of any rule made under  section 26 except on a \r\ncomplaint made by or with the sanction of an Inspector under this Act. \r\n (4) In imposing any fine for an offence under sub -section (1) of section 20 \r\nthe Court shall take into con sideration the amount of any compensation already \r\nawarded against the accused in any proceedings taken under section 15. \r\n \r\n1\r\n[\r\n2\r\n[21A. * * * * * * * * *  ]] \r\n22. 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