Short title and

commencement.

Substitution of

section 6 of

Act 4 of

1936.

LOK SABHA

————

The following Bills were introduced in Lok Sabha on 3rd February, 2017:—

BILL NO. 327 OF 2016

A Bill further to amend the Payment of Wages Act, 1936.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as

follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be called the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2016.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification

in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. For section 6 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, the following section shall be

substituted, namely:—

"6. All wages shall be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or by

crediting the wages in the bank account of the employee:

Provided that the appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official

Gazette, specify the industrial or other establishment, the employer of which shall pay

to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wages only by

cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account.".

Wages to be

paid in

current coin

or currency

notes or by

cheque or

crediting in

bank

account.

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (the Act) regulates the payment of wages of certain

classes of employed persons. The Act was amended several times and last amended in the

year 2005. Section 6 of the Act provides that all wages shall be paid in current coin or

currency notes or in both. However, proviso to said section enables the employer to pay the

wages to an employee either by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account after

obtaining his written authorisation.

2. With the passage of time, technology has been changed and a large section of the

employed persons have their bank accounts. The payment of wages through cheque or

crediting it in the bank account of employed persons will reduce the complaints regarding

non-payment or less payment of minimum wages, besides serving the objectives of digital

and less cash economy. The State Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Punjab,

Kerala and Haryana have already made provisions in the said Act for payment of wages to

the employed persons either by cheque or by crediting the wages in their bank account, by

making State amendments to the Act.

3. In view of the above, it has been decided to substitute section 6 of the Act so as to

enable the employer to pay the wages to the employed person also by cheque or crediting it

to their bank account and also to enable the appropriate Government to specify the

industrial or other establishments, by notification in the Official Gazette, which shall pay to

every employed person, the wages only by cheque or by crediting in his bank account.

4. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.

NEW DELHI;

BANDARU DATTATREYA.

The 08th December, 2016.

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Short title and

commencement.

BILL NO. 16 OF 2017

A Bill to provide in the public interest for the cessation of liabilities on the specified bank

notes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as

follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be called the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities)

Act, 2017.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 31st day of December, 2016.

2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) "appointed day" means the 31st day of December, 2016;

(b) "grace period" means the period to be specified by the Central Government,

by notification, during which the specified bank notes can be deposited in accordance

with this Act;

Definitions.

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(d) "Reserve Bank" means the Reserve Bank of India constituted by the Central

Government under section 3 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934;

(e) "specified bank note" means a bank note of the denominational value of five

hundred rupees or one thousand rupees of the series existing on or before the

8th day of November, 2016.

(2) The words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 or the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 shall have the

meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts.

3. On and from the appointed day, notwithstanding anything contained in the Reserve

Bank of India Act, 1934 or any other law for the time being in force, the specified bank

notes which have ceased to be legal tender, in view of the notification of the Government of

India in the Ministry of Finance, number S.O. 3407(E), dated the 8th November, 2016, issued

under sub-section (2) of section 26 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, shall cease to be

liabilities of the Reserve Bank under section 34 and shall cease to have the guarantee of the

Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 26 of the said Act.

4. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, the following persons holding

specified bank notes on or before the 8th day of November, 2016 shall be entitled to tender

within the grace period with such declarations or statements, at such offices of the Reserve

Bank or in such other manner as may be specified by it, namely:—

(i) a citizen of India who makes a declaration that he was outside India between

the 9th November, 2016 to 30th December, 2016, subject to such conditions as may

be specified, by notification, by the Central Government; or

(ii) such class of persons and for such reasons as may be specified by

notification, by the Central Government.

(2) The Reserve Bank may, if satisfied, after making such verifications as it may

consider necessary that the reasons for failure to deposit the notes within the period specified

in the notification referred to in section 3, are genuine, credit the value of the notes in his

Know Your Customer compliant bank account in such manner as may be specified by it.

(3) Any person, aggrieved by the refusal of the Reserve Bank to credit the value of

the notes under sub-section (2), may make a representation to the Central Board of the

Reserve Bank within fourteen days of the communication of such refusal to him.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expression "Know Your Customer

compliant bank account" means the account which complies with the conditions specified in

the regulations made by the Reserve Bank under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

5. On and from the appointed day, no person shall, knowingly or voluntarily, hold,

transfer or receive any specified bank note:

Provided that nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the holding of specified

bank notes—

(a) by any person—

(i) up to the expiry of the grace period; or

(ii) after the expiry of the grace period,—

(A) not more than ten notes in total, irrespective of the denomination;

(B) not more than twenty-five notes for the purposes of study,

research or numismatics;

2 of 1934.

10 of 1949.

2 of 1934.

Specified

bank notes to

cease to be

liability of

Reserve Bank

or Central

Government.

Exchange of

specified bank

notes.

Prohibition

on holding

transferring or

receiving

specified bank

notes.

10 of 1949.

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(b) by the Reserve Bank or its agencies, or any other person authorised by the

Reserve Bank;

the court.

6. Whoever knowingly and wilfully makes any declaration or statement specified

under sub-section (1) of section 4, which is false in material particulars, or omits to make a

material statement, or makes a statement which he does not believe to be true, shall be

punishable with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees or five times the amount of

the face value of the specified bank notes tendered, whichever is higher.

7. Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 5 shall be punishable with fine

which may extend to ten thousand rupees or five times the amount of the face value of the

specified bank notes involved in the contravention, whichever is higher.

8. (1) Where a person committing a contravention or default referred to in section 6

or section 7 is a company, every person who, at the time the contravention or default was

committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of the

business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the

contravention or default and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable

to punishment if he proves that the contravention or default was committed without his

knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the contravention or default.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under

this Act has been committed by a company and it is proved that the same was committed

with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any

director, manager, secretary, or other officer or employee of the company, such director,

manager, secretary, other officer or employee shall also be deemed to be guilty of the

offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Explanation.—For the purpose of this section,—

(a) "a company" means any body corporate and includes a firm, a trust, a co-

operative society and other association of individuals;

(b) "director", in relation to a firm or trust, means a partner in the firm or a

beneficiary in the trust.

9. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 29 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure, 1973, the court of a Magistrate of the First Class or the court of a Metropolitan

Magistrate may impose a fine, for contravention of the provisions of this Act.

10. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government,

the Reserve Bank or any of their officers for anything done or intended to be done in good

faith under this Act.

11. (1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out

the provisions of this Act.

(2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made,

before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which

may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the

expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid,

both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule

should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of

no effect, as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be

without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

Penalty for

contravention

of section 4.

Penalty for

contravention

of section 5.

Offences by

companies.

Special

provisions

relating to

offences.

2 of 1974.

Protection of

action taken in

good faith.

Power to

make rules.

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12. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the

Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions

not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary or

expedient for removing the difficulty:

Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of a

period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.

(2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be

laid before each House of Parliament.

13. (1) The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016 is hereby

repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said

Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions

of this Act.

Power to

remove

difficulties.

Repeal and

savings.

Ord. 10 of

2016.

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

In order to eliminate the unaccounted money and fake Indian currency notes from the

financial system, the Government, on the recommendations of the Central Board of the

Reserve Bank, vide its notification number S.O. 3407(E), dated the 8th November, 2016,

declared that the existing series of the bank notes of the denominational value of five hundred

rupees and one thousand rupees as not legal tender with effect from the 9th November, 2016

to the extent specified in the said notification.

2. Subsequent to the issuance of the aforesaid notification, it was felt necessary to

provide clarity and finality on the following issues—

(a) sub-section (1) of section 34 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 provides

that the liabilities of the Reserve Bank shall be an amount equal to the total of the

amount of the currency notes of the Government of India and bank notes for the time

being in circulation. Since the Reserve Bank cannot discharge its liabilities on its own

for such notes, it necessary by law to discharge such liabilities;

(b) sub-section (1) of section 26 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 provides

that every bank note shall be guaranteed by the Central Government. Though the legal

tender character of the Specified Bank Notes has ceased by the aforesaid notification

issued by the Government of India, it is necessary by law to withdraw the said guarantee;

and

with Specified Bank Notes unless the possession of such note is declared illegal.

3. In view of the above, it was necessary to bring a legislation on Specified Bank

Notes. As Parliament was not in session and an urgent legislation was required to be made,

the President promulgated the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance,

2016 (Ord. 10 of 2016) on 31st December, 2016 for cessation of liabilities in the Specified

Bank Notes.

4. The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance, 2016, inter alia,

provides the following, namely:—

(a) to provide that the specified bank notes which have ceased to be legal tender

shall cease to be liability of the Reserve Bank of India and the Central Government;

(b) to provide that a citizen of India (who makes a declaration that he was

outside India between 9th November to 30th December, 2016) holding specified bank

notes on or before the 8th November, 2016 shall be entitled to tender within the grace

period with such declarations or statements, at such offices of the Reserve Bank or in

such other manner as may be specified by it;

from the appointed day i.e. the 31st December, 2016;

(d) to impose penalty for contravention of provisions of the proposed Ordinance

and to confer power upon the court of a first class Magistrate to impose such penalty.

5. The Bill seeks to replace the aforesaid Ordinance.

NEW DELHI;

ARUN JAITLEY.

The 30th January, 2017.

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FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM

Clause 3 of the Bill seeks to cease the liabilities of the Reserve Bank under section 34

of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and to cease guarantee of the Central Government

under sub-section (1) of section 26 of the said Act. The Bill thus involves a decision having

impact on the contingent liabilities of the Central Government and thus on the Consolidated

Fund of India.

2. No capital or recurring expenditure is involved.

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MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION

Clause 11 of the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill, 2017 empowers the

Central Government to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the Act.

2. The matters in respect of which rules may be made under the aforesaid provisions

are matters of procedure and administrative detail and it is not practicable to provide for them

in the Bill itself. The delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character.

————

ANOOP MISHRA

Secretary General

GMGIPMRND—4443GI(S3)—06-02-2017.

UPLOADED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002

AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.

MANOJ

KUMAR

Digitally signed

by MANOJ

KUMAR

Date: 2017.02.09

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