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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Minimum Wages Act, 1948

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/50765

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Minimum Wages Act, 1948 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Minimum Wages Act, 1948
Section1 - Short Title and Extent
Section2 - Interpretation
Section3 - Fixing of Minimum Rates of Wages
Section4 - Minimum Rate of Wages
Section5 - Procedure for Fixing and Revising Minimum Wages
Section6 - Advisory Committees and Sub-committees [Repealed]
Section7 - Advisory
Section8 - Central Advisory Board
Section9 - Composition of Committees, Etc.
Section10 - Correction of Errors
Section11 - Wages in Kind
Section12 - Payment of Minimum Rates of Wages
Section13 - Fixing Hours for a Normal Working Day, Etc.
Section14 - Overtime
Section15 - Wages of Worker Who Works for Less Than Normal Working Day
Section16 - Wages for Two or More Classes of Work
Section17 - Minimum Time Rate Wages for Piece Work
Section18 - Maintenance of Registers an Records
Section19 - Inspectors
Section20 - Claims
Section21 - Single Application in Respect of a Number of Employees
Section22 - Penalties for Certain Offences
Section22A - General Provision for Punishment of Other Offences
Section22B - Cognizance of Offences
Section22C - Offences by Companies
Section22D - Payment of Undisbursed Amounts Due to Employees
Section22E - Protection Against Attachment of Assets of Employer with Government
Section22F - Application of Payment of Wages Act, 1936, to Scheduled Employments
Section23 - Exemption of Employer from Liability in Certain Cases
Section24 - Bar of Suits
Section25 - Contraction out
Section26 - Exemptions and Exceptions
Section27 - Power of State Government of Add to Schedule
Section27A - Protection to Persons Acting Under the Act
Section27B - Delegation of Power
Section28 - Power of Central Government to Give Directions
Section29 - Power of the Central Government to Make Rules
Section30 - Power of Appropriate Government to Make Rules
Section30A - Rules Made by Central Government to Be Laid Before Parliament
Section31 - Validation of Fixation of Certain Minimum Rates of Wages
ScheduleI - Schedule

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