(1) All registers and other records required to be maintained under the Act and Rules, shall be maintained complete and up-to-date and unless otherwise provided for, shall be kept at an office of the nearest convenient building within the precincts of the workplace or at a place, if any, specified by the Inspector on the specific request made by the contractor in this behalf.
(2) All the registers shall be maintained legibly in English or Tamil.
(3) All the registers and other records shall be preserved in original for a period of 3 years from the date of last entry made therein.
(4) All the registers, records and notices maintained under the Act and Rules shall be produced on demand before the Inspector or any other authority under the Act or any person authorised in that behalf by the Government.
(5) Where no deduction or fine has been imposed or where there has been no overtime, during any wage period, a ‗Nil‘ entry shall be made across the body of the register at the end of every wage period indicating also in precise terms the wage period to which the ‗Nil‘ entry relates in the respective registers maintained in Forms XIX and XX and XXI respectively.