(1) Every employer shall maintain a Register of Leave with wages, in Form No. VII.
Provided that if the Chief Inspector is of opinion that any muster-roll or register maintained as part of the ..routine of any undertaking, or return made by the employer, gives in respect of any or all of the workers, the particulars required for the enforcement of Chapter VII of the Act, he may, by order in writing, direct that such muster-roll or register or return shall, to the corresponding
1. Subs. for “four” by S.O. 810 dated 29.7.1972.
15 Extent, be maintained in a place of and be treated as the register required to be maintained under this rule in respect of that undertaking.
(2) The Register of Leave with wages shall be preserved for a period of three years after the last entry in it and shall be produced before the Inspector on demand.
34. Leave book. – Every employer shall provide each worker with a book in form No. VII (hereinafter called the Leave Books). The leave book shall be the property of the worker and the employer or his agent shall not demand it except to make necessary entries and shall not keep it for more than a week at a time.
Provided that if any leave card or similar record giving full particulars of the leave as shown in the leave book is issued by the employer to the motor transport worker such card or record may be accepted or by order in writing by the Chief inspector.