Any employer who pays to an employee less than minimum rates of wages fixed for the employees class of work and thinks to do so and contravenes the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for six months or fine which shall not exceed Rs. 500/- or both. Furthermore, the penalty for wilfully obstructing the Inspector in the exercise of any power conferred unto him by the Act or fails to produce any demand made by the Inspector in respect of wages of registers, records or documents in the custody of the employer shall be punished with the fine which may extend to Rs. 500/- or conviction.
• Exemption of Employers from Liability
Under Certain Cases
Where an employer is charged with an offence against this Act, he shall be entitled to, upon complaint duly made by him, to have any other person whom he charges as the actual offender to be brought before the court at the time appointed for hearing charge. If after the commission of the offence, the employer proves to the satisfaction of the court that he has used due diligence to enforce the execution of this Act, and the said other person committed the offence in question without his knowledge or consent, that other person shall be convicted of the offence and he is liable to light punishment as if he were the employer and the employer shall be discharged.
Employment in Dispensary
With effect from 01/07/2002 to 31/12/2002
(Special allowance Rs. 485.10 All zones)
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