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REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 2

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 5] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1976/PAUSA 18, 1897

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation

RAJYA SABHA

The following Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on the 8th

January, 1976: —

BILL NO. IX OF 1976

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

BE it enacted! by Parliament in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Republic

of India as follows: —

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

Act, 1976.

{2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 12th day of

Short title and commence- ment.

November, 1975.

4of1930 2. In the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in sub-section (0) of section 1, for the words "four hundred rupees'", the words "one thousand rupees" shall be substituted.

3. In, section 6 of the principal Act, the following proviso shall be

inserted at the end, namely: —

Amend- ment of sec- tion 1 Amend- ment of section 6.

"Provided that the employer may, after obtaining the written authorisation of the employed person, pay him the wages either by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account.".

4. In sub-section (2) of section 7 of the principal Act, after clause (0),

the following clause shall be inserted, namely: —

Amend- rnent of section 7 " (p) deductions, made with the written authorisation of the em-

ployed person, for contribution to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund or to such other Fund' as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.".

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5. (1) The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 1975, is

hereby repealed.

Repeal and saving.

(L') Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act.

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 requires the employers to make timely payment of Wages to the persons employed by them. It also protects the employed person against arbitrary fines being imposed and unauthorised deductions being made from their wages by the employers.

2. An Ordinance to amend the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 was pro- mulgated by the President on the 12th November, 1975 to provide for (i) raising of the wage limit from Rs. 400 to Rs. 1,000 a month, having regard to the present wage levels, (ii) the payment of wages by cheques subject to the consent of the employed person, and (iii) deductions from wages to be made with the written authorisation of the employed person for contribution to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund or any other similar Fund that may be; specified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette.

3. The Bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance.

NEW DELHI;

The 30th December, 1975. K. V. RAGHUNATHA REDDY.

MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION

Clause 4 of the Bill seeks to insert a new; clause (p) after clause (o) of sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Act. This new provision confers power on the Central Government toi specify, by notification in the Official Gazette, any Fund other than the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, contributions to which would come within the purview of deduc- tions under that clause. This is a matter of detail and as such, the delega- tion of power is of a normal character.

B. N. BANERJEE.

Secretary-General

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