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Section 12: Payment of minimum rates of wages

The Minimum Wages Act, 1948State Act of Jharkhand · Act 11 of 1948

(1) Where in respect of any scheduled employment a notification under section 5 1*** is in force, the employer shall pay to every employee engaged in a scheduled employment under him wages at a rate not less than the minimum rate of wages fixed by such notification for that class of employees in that employment without any deductions except as may be authorized within such time and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.

(2) Nothing contained in this section shall affect the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936).

13.

Fixing hours for a normal working day, etc.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Minimum Wages Act, 1948
Section12
Marginal notePayment of minimum rates of wages
JurisdictionState of Jharkhand
StatusIn force as published by the source

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