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THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ( AMENDMENT) ACT, 2005

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NO. 41 OF 2005

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[ 5th Sept ember , 2005. ]

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An Act f urt her t o amend t he Payment of Wages Act , 1936.

BE i t enact ed by Par l i ament i n t he Fi f t y- si xth Year of t he Republ i c ofI ndi a as f ol l ows: -

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Shor t t i t l e and commencement .

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1. Shor t t i t l e and commencement . - ( 1) Thi s Act may be cal l ed t he Paymentof Wages ( Amendment ) Act , 2005.

( 2) I t shal l come i nt o f orce on such dat e as the Cent r al Governmentmay, by not i f i cat i on i n t he Of f i ci al Gazet t e, appoi nt .

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Amendment of sect i on 1.

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2. Amendment of sect i on 1. - I n sect i on 1 of t he Payment of Wages Act ,1936 ( 4 of 1936) ( her ei naf t er r ef er r ed t o as t he pr i nci pal Act ) , f or

sub- sect i on ( 6) , t he f ol l owi ng sub- sect i on shal l be subst i t ut ed,namel y: -

" ( 6) Thi s Act appl i es t o wages payabl e to an empl oyed person i n respectof a wage peri od i f such wages f or t hat wage peri od do not exceed si xt housand f i ve hundred r upees per mont h or such ot her hi gher sum whi ch,on t he basi s of f i gur es of t he Consumer Expendi t ure Survey publ i shed byt he Nat i onal Sampl e Survey Or gani sat i on, t he Cent r al Gover nment may,af t er ever y f i ve year s, by not i f i cat i on i n t he Of f i ci al Gazet t e,speci f y. " .


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Subst i t ut i on of r ef er ences t o cer t ai n expr essi ons by ot her expr essi on.

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3. Subst i t ut i on of r ef er ences t o cer t ai n expr essi ons by ot herexpr essi on. - Thr oughout t he pr i nci pal Act , unl ess other wi se expr essl ypr ovi ded f or, t he expr essi ons " t he Cent r al Gover nment or a St at eGover nment " and "t he State Gover nment " , wher ever t hey occur , t heexpr essi on "appr opr i ate Gover nment " shal l be subst i t ut ed and such otherconsequent i al amendment s as t he r ul es of grammar may r equi r e shal l al sobe made.

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4. Amendment of sect i on 2. - I n sect i on 2 of t he pr i nci pal Act , -

( a) cl auses ( i ) , ( i a) and ( i b) shal l be r e- number ed as cl auses ( i a) ,( i b) and (i c) , r espect i vel y, and bef or e cl ause (i a) as so r e- number ed,t he f ol l owi ng cl ause shal l be i nser t ed, namel y: -

' ( i ) "appr opr i at e Gover nment " means, i n r el at i on t o r ai l ways, ai rt r anspor t ser vi ces, mi nes and oi l f i el ds, t he Cent r al Gover nment and, i nr el at i on t o al l ot her cases, t he St at e Gover nment ; ' ;

( b) f or cl ause ( v) , t he f ol l owi ng cl ause shal l be subst i t ut ed, namel y: -

' ( v) " r ai l way admi ni st r at i on" has t he meani ng assi gned t o i t i n cl ause( 32) of sect i on 2 of t he Rai l ways Act , 1989 ( 24 of 1989) ; ' .

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Subst i t ut i on of new sect i on f or sect i on 3.

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5. Subst i t ut i on of new sect i on f or sect i on 3. - For sect i on 3 of t hepr i nci pal Act , t he f ol l owi ng sect i on shal l be subst i t ut ed, namel y: -


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"3. Responsi bi l i t y f or payment of wages. - ( 1) Ever y empl oyer shal l ber esponsi bl e f or t he payment of al l wages r equi r ed to be pai d under t hi sAct t o per sons empl oyed by hi m and i n case of per sons empl oyed, -

( a) i n f act or i es, i f a pers on has been named as t he manager of t hef act or y under cl ause ( f ) of sub- sect i on ( 1) of sect i on 7 of t heFact ori es Act , 1948 ( 63 of 1948) ;

( b) i n i ndust r i al or ot her est abl i shment s, i f t her e i s a per sonr esponsi bl e to t he empl oyer f or t he super vi si on and cont r ol of t hei ndust r i al or ot her est abl i shment s;

( c) upon r ai l ways ( ot her t han i n f act or i es) , i f t he empl oyer i s t her ai l way admi ni st r at i on and t he rai l way admi ni st r at i on has nomi nat ed aper son i n thi s behal f f or t he l ocal ar ea concer ned;

( d) i n t he case of cont r act or, a per son desi gnat ed by such cont r act orwho i s di r ect l y under hi s char ge; and

( e) i n any ot her case, a person desi gnat ed by t he empl oyer as a person

r esponsi bl e f or compl yi ng wi t h t he pr ovi si ons of t he Act ,

t he person so named, t he person responsi bl e t o t he empl oyer , t he personso nomi nat ed or t he per son so desi gnat ed, as t he case may be, shal l ber esponsi bl e f or such payment .

( 2) Not wi t hst andi ng anyt hi ng cont ai ned i n sub- sect i on (1), i t shal l bet he r esponsi bi l i t y of t he empl oyer t o make payment of al l wagesr equi r ed t o be made under t hi s Act i n case t he cont r actor or t he persondesi gnated by t he empl oyer f ai l s t o make such payment . " .

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( a) i n sub- sect i on (1), f or t he wor ds, br acket s and f i gur es " sub-sect i on ( 2) of sect i on 47 of t he I ndi an Rai l ways Act , 1890 ( 9 of1890) " , t he words and f i gur es "t he Rai l ways Act , 1989 ( 24 of 1989) "shal l be subst i t ut ed;

( b) i n sub- secti on ( 2) , i n cl ause ( i ) , f or t he wor ds, f i gur es andl et t er "i n sect i on 58A of t he I ndi an I ncome- t ax Act , 1922 ( 11 of1922) ", t he wor ds, br acket s and f i gur es "i n cl ause ( 38) of sect i on 2 oft he I ncome- t ax Act , 1961 ( 43 of 1961) " shal l be subst i t ut ed;

( c) i n sub- sect i on ( 4) , f or t he wor ds and f i gur es "t he I ndi an Rai l waysAct , 1890 ( 9 of 1890) " , t he words and f i gur es " t he Rai l ways Act , 1989( 24 of 1989) " shal l be subst i t ut ed.


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7. Amendment of sect i on 8. - I n sect i on 8 of t he pr i nci pal Act , i n sub-sect i on ( 6) , f or t he wor ds "si xty days", t he wor ds "ni net y days" shal lbe subst i t ut ed.

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( i ) f or sub- secti on ( 1) , t he f ol l owi ng sub- secti on shal l besubst i t ut ed, namel y: -

"( 1) The appr opr i ate Gover nment may, by not i f i cat i on i n t he Of f i ci alGazet t e, appoi nt -

( a) any Commi ss i oner f or Wor kmen' s Compensat i on; or

( b) any of f i cer of t he Cent r al Gover nment exer ci si ng f unct i ons as, -

( i ) Regi onal Labour Commi ssi oner ; or

( i i ) Assi st ant Labour Commi ssi oner wi t h at l east t wo year s' exper i ence;or

( c) any of f i cer of t he St at e Gover nment not bel ow t he rank of Assi st antLabour Commi ssi oner wi t h at l east t wo year s' exper i ence; or

( d) a pr esi di ng of f i cer of any Labour Cour t or I ndust r i al Tr i bunal ,const i t ut ed under t he I ndust r i al Di sput es Act , 1947 ( 14 of 1947) orunder any cor r espondi ng l aw r el at i ng t o t he i nvest i gat i on and

set t l ement of i ndust r i al di sput es i n f or ce i n t he St at e; or

( e) any ot her of f i cer wi t h exper i ence as a J udge of a Ci vi l Cour t or aJ udi ci al Magi st r at e,

as t he aut hor i t y t o hear and deci de f or any speci f i ed ar ea al l cl ai msar i si ng out of deduct i ons f r omt he wages, or del ay i n payment of t hewages, of per sons empl oyed or pai d i n t hat ar ea, i ncl udi ng al l mat t er si nci dent al t o such cl ai ms:


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Provi ded t hat where the appropr i ate Government consi ders i t necessar yso t o do, i t may appoi nt more than one aut hori t y f or any speci f i ed ar eaand may, by gener al or speci al or der , pr ovi de f or t he di st r i but i on oral l ocat i on of work t o be perf ormed by t hem under t hi s Act . " ;

( i i ) f or sub- secti on ( 3) , t he f ol l owi ng sub- secti on shal l besubst i t ut ed, namel y: -

"( 3) When any appl i cat i on under sub- sect i on ( 2) i s ent er t ai ned, t heaut hori t y shal l hear t he appl i cant and t he empl oyer or ot her per sonr esponsi bl e f or t he payment of wages under sect i on 3, or gi ve t hemanoppor t uni t y of bei ng hear d, and, af t er such f ur t her enqui r y, i f any, asmay be necessar y, may, wi t hout pr ej udi ce t o any other penal t y t o whi chsuch empl oyer or other per son i s l i abl e under t hi s Act , di r ect t her ef und t o t he empl oyed person of t he amount deduct ed, or t he payment oft he del ayed wages, t ogether wi t h t he payment of such compensat i on ast he aut hor i t y may t hi nk f i t , not exceedi ng ten t i mes t he amountdeduct ed i n t he f or mer case and not exceedi ng t hree t housand r upeesbut not l ess t han one t housand f i ve hundr ed r upees i n t he l at t er , andeven i f t he amount deduct ed or del ayed wages are pai d bef ore t he

di sposal of t he appl i cat i on, di r ect t he payment of such compensat i on,as the aut hor i t y may t hi nk f i t , not exceedi ng t wo thousand r upees:

Pr ovi ded t hat a cl ai m under t hi s Act shal l be di sposed of as f ar aspr act i cabl e wi t hi n a per i od of t hr ee mont hs f r om t he dat e ofr egi st r at i on of t he cl ai m by t he aut hor i t y:

Provi ded f ur t her t hat t he per i od of t hree mont hs may be ext ended i fboth par t i es t o the di sput e agr ee f or any bona f i de reason t o ber ecor ded by t he author i t y t hat t he sai d peri od of t hr ee mont hs may beext ended t o such per i od as may be necessar y t o di spose of t heappl i cat i on i n a j ust manner:

Provi ded al so that no di r ect i on f or t he payment of compensat i on shal lbe made i n t he case of del ayed wages i f t he aut hori t y i s sat i sf i ed t hatt he del ay was due t o-

( a) a bona f i de er r or or bona f i de di sput e as t o t he amount payabl e tot he empl oyed per son; or

( b) t he occur r ence of an emer gency, or t he exi st ence of except i onalci r cumst ances, t he per son r esponsi bl e f or t he payment of t he wages wasunabl e, i n spi t e of exer ci si ng r easonabl e di l i gence; or

( c) t he f ai l ur e of t he empl oyed per son t o appl y f or or acceptpayment . " ;

( i i i ) i n sub- secti on ( 4) , f or t he wor ds "not exceedi ng f i f t y r upees"wher ever t hey occur , t he wor ds "not exceedi ng t hree hundr ed seventy-f i ve r upees" shal l be subst i t ut ed.

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"24. Del egat i on of powers. - The appropr i ate Gover nment may, bynot i f i cat i on i n t he Of f i ci al Gazet t e, di r ect t hat any power exer ci sabl eby i t under t hi s Act shal l , i n r el at i on t o such mat t er s and subj ect t osuch condi t i ons, i f any, as may be speci f i ed i n t he di r ect i on, be al soexer ci sabl e-

( a) wher e t he appropr i ate Gover nment i s t he Cent r al Gover nment , by suchof f i cer or aut hori t y subordi nat e t o the Cent r al Gover nment or by t heSt at e Gover nment or by such of f i cer or aut hori t y subordi nat e to t heSt at e Gover nment , as may be speci f i ed i n t he not i f i cat i on;

( b) wher e t he appropr i ate Gover nment i s a Stat e Gover nment , by suchof f i cer or aut hor i t y subordi nate t o the St ate Government as may bespeci f i ed i n t he not i f i cat i on. " .

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( a) i n sub- sect i on ( 4) , f or t he words "whi ch may ext end t o t wo hundr edr upees" , t he words "whi ch shal l not be l ess t han seven hundr ed f i f t yr upees but whi ch may ext end t o one t housand f i ve hundred r upees" shal lbe subst i t ut ed;

( b) af t er sub- sect i on ( 6) , t he f ol l owi ng sub- secti on shal l be i nser t ed,namel y: -

" ( 7) Al l r ul es made under t hi s sect i on by the St ate Gover nment shal l ,as soon as possi bl e af t er t hey ar e made, be l ai d bef ore t he St ateLegi sl at ure. ".

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T. K. VI SWANATHAN,

Secy. t o t he Govt. of I ndi a.

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