The minimum wages act, 1948 (Bare Act)/ Universal Law Publishing

THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948
Introduction
Sections
1. Short title and extent
2. Interpretation 3. Fixing of minimum rates of wages 4. Minimum rate of wages 5. Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages 6. [Repealed] 7. Advisory Board 8. Central Advisory Board 9. Composition of committees, etc.
10. Correction of errors 11. Wages in kind 12. Payment of minimum rates of wages 13. Filing hours for normal working day, etc.
14. Overtime 15. Wages of worker who works for less than normal working 16. Wages for two or more classes of work 17. Minimum time rate wages for piece work 18. Maintenance of registers and records
19. Inspectors
20. Claims 21. Single application in respect of a number of employees
22. Penalties for certain offences 22A. General provision for punishment of other offences 22B. Cognizance of offences 22C. Offences by companies 22D. Payment of undisbursed amounts due to employees 22E. Protection against attachment of assets of employer
with Government 22F. Application of Payment of Wages Act, 1936 to scheduled employments 23. Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases
24. Bar of suits
25. Contracting out 26. Exemptions and exceptions 27. Power of State Government to add to Schedule 28. Power of the Central Government to give directions 29. Power of the Central Government to make rules
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30. Power of appropriate Government to make rules 30A. Rules made by the Central Government to be laid
before Parliament
31. Validation of fixation of certain minimum rates of wages . THE SCHEDULE.—[Scheduled Employment—See section 2(g) and 27]
THE MINIMUM WAGES (CENTRAL) RULES, 1950
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and extent . . . 2. Interpretation
CHAPTER II
MEMBERS AND STAFF, AND MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
3. Term of office of the members of the committee and the Advisory Committee
4. Term of office of members of the Board
4A. Nomination of substitute-members 5. Travelling allowance
6. Staff 7. Eligibility for re-nomination of the members of the committee. Advisory Committee and the Board 8. Resignation of the Chairman and members of the Committee and the Board and filling of the casual vacancies 9. Cessation and restoration of membership 10. DisqualificaHon 11. Meetings 12. Notice of meetings
13. Chairman 14. Quorum 15. Disposal of business 16. Method of voting 17. Proceedings of the meetings
CHAPTER III SUMMONING OF WITNESSES BY tHE COMMITTEE,
ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD AND
PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS 18. Summoning of witnesses and production of documents . 19. Expenses of Witnesses . .
CHAPTER IV
COMPUTATION OF PAYMENT OF WAGES, HOURS OF WORK
AND HOLIDAYS . 20. Mode of computation of the cash value of wages 21. Time and conditions of payment of wages and the deductions permissible from wages 22. Publicity to the minimum wage fixed under the Act

Weekly day of rest
Number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day Night shifts Extra wages for overtime Form of registers and records Preservation of registers Production of registers and other records
CHAPTER V
CLAIMS UNDER THE ACT
Applications
Authorisation Appearance of parties
CHAPTER VI
SCALE OF COSTS IN PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ACT
Costs
Court-fees
CHAPTER VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Saving
FORM I.—
FORM II.—
FORM lU.—
FORM IV.—
FORM v.—
FORM VI.—
FORM VIA.
FORM vn.—
FORM vin.—
FORM IX.—
FORM IXA.
FORM X.—
FORM XL
Register of Fines Register of deductions for damage or loss caused to tt\e employer, by the neglect or default of the employed persons
Annual Return Overtime Register for workers
Muster Roll Form of Application by an Employee under section 20(2) Form of Group Application imder section 21(1) . Form of Application by an Inspector or Person Acting with the Permission of the Authority under section 20(2) Form in Authority in favour of a Legal Practitioner or any Official of a Registered Trade Union referred to in section 20(2) Form of summons to the opponent to appear before the authority when an application under sub-section (2) of
section 20 or under section 21 is entertained.
Notice Register of Wages « • • Wage Slip
MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES PAYABLE TO EMPLOYEES IN
THE EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
SCHEDULE