Payment of Wages Act,1936
Act No : 4
Section : SHORT TITLE, EXTENT, COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION
THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936
[Act 4 of 1936' as amended by Act Nos. 20 of 1937, 22 of 1937, Ordinance 3 of 1940, 3 of 1951, Bom 40 of 1953, Bom 62 of 1953, Bom 70 of 1954, Bom 48 of 1955, Bom 37 of 1956, Act 68 of 1957, Bom 8 of 1960, Mah. 13 of 196 1, Mah. 42 of 1961, 53 of 19642, Regulation 5 of 1965, 51 of 1970, Regulation 2 of 1974, 56 of 1974,- 29 of 1976, 19 of
1977 and 38 of 19823
Modified by A O 1937, A.O 1048 and A.O 1950
[23rd April, 1936]
An Act to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of 4 [employed persons].
Whereas it is expedient to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of 4 [employed persons];
It is hereby enacted as follows:
SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT, COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION
(1) This Act may be called the Payment of Wages Act, 1936.
5[(2) It extends to the whole of India 6[******]
(3) It shall come into force on such 7[date as the Governor General in Council may, by notification in the Official Gazette of India, appoint.
(4) It applies in the first instance to the payment of wages to persons employed in 8[factory, to persons] employed (otherwise than in a factory) upon any railway by a railway administration or, either directly or through a sub-contractor, by a person fulfilling a contract with a railway administration, 9[and to persons employed in an industrial or other establishment specified in sub-clauses (a) to (g) of clause (ii) of Section 21.
(5) The 10[State] Government may, after giving three months notice of its intention of so doing, by notification in the 11[Official Gazette], extend the provisions of 12[this Act or any of them to the payment of wages to any class of persons employed in 13[any establishment or class of establishments specified by the Central Government or a State Government under sub-clause (h) of clause (ii) of section 2]:
14[Provided that in relation to any such establishment owned by the Central Government, no such notification shall be issued except with the concurrence of that Government].
(6) Nothing in the Act shall apply to wages payable in respect of a wage-period which, over such wage-period, average 15[one thousand six hundred rupees] a month or more.
Footnotes:
1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see Gazette of India, 1935, Pt. V, p.20, for Report of Select Committee, see ibid. p.77
2. The amending Act No.53 of 1964 came into force from 1.2.1965.
3. Subs. by Act No.38 of 1982 (w.e.f. 15.10.1982)
4. Subs. ibid.
5. Subs. by AD 1950, for sub-sec.
6. Omitted by Act 51 of 1970.
7. 28th March, 1937, see Gaz of India 1937, Pt. 1, p. 626.
8. Subs. by Act No.38 of 1982 (w.e.f. 15.10.1982)
9. Ins. ibid.
10. These words substituted for the word "provincial" by A.O 1950
11. These words substituted for the words "Local Official Gazette", by the A.O 1937
12. Subs. by Act No.68 of 1957 (w.e.f. 1.4.1958)
13. Subs. for the words "any industrial establishment or in any class or group of industrial establishments" by Act No.38 of 1982 (w.e.f. 15.10.1982)
14. Subs. by Act No.38 of 1982 S.3 (w.e.f. 15.10.1982)
15. Subs. for the words "one thousands rupees". by Act No.38 of 1982 S.3(i) (w.e.f. 15.10.1982)
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