(1) This Act may be called the Payment of Wages Act, 1936.
3*[(2) It extends to the whole of India 4***.]
(3) It shall come into force on such date 5*** as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(4) It applies in the first instance to the payment of wages to persons employed in any 6*[factory, to persons] employed (otherwise than in a factory) upon any railway by a railway administration or, either directly or through a sub-contractor, by a person fulfilling a contract with a railway administration. 7*[and to persons employed in an industrial or other establishment specified in sub-clauses (a) to
(g) of clause (ii) of section 2]
(5) The State Government may, after giving three months' notice of its intention of so doing, by notification in the Official Gazette, extend the provisions of 8*[this Act] or any of them to the payment of wages to any class of persons employed in 6*[any establishment or class of establishments specified by the Central Government or a State Government under sub-clause (h) of clause (ii) of section 2] 6*[Provided that in relation to any such establishment owned by the Central Government, no such notification shall be issued except with the concurrence of that Government.]
1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1935, Pt. V. p. 20; for Report of Select Committee, see ibid., p. 77.
The Act has been extended to the whole of Madhya Pradesh by M.P.
Act 23 of 1958; to Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 12 of 1962, s. 3 and Sch.; to Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I; to Pondicherry (w.e.f. 1-10-1963) by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch, I and to Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Reg.
Amended in Jammu and Kashmir by J and K Act 6 of 1974.
Amended in Madhya Pradesh by M.P. Act 33 of 1976.
Amended in Tamil Nadu by T.N. Acts (47 of 1974 and 36 of 1972).
Amended in West Bengal by W.B. Acts (38 of 1974 and 26 of 1975).
Amended in Andhra Pradesh by A.P. Act 21 of 1968.
Amended in Kerala by Kerala Acts 34 of 1969 and 11 of 1977.
Amended in Assam by Assam Act 1 of 1970.
Amended in Rajasthan by Raj. Act 13 of 1970.
Amended in Pondichery by Pondichery Act 10 of 1970. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and Sch.
2. Subs. by Act 38 of 1982, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-10-1982).
3. Subs. by the A. O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
4. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 51 of 1970, s. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-9-1971).
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5. 28th March, 1937, see Gazette of India, 1937, Pt. I, p. 626.
6. Subs. by Act 38 of 1982, s. 3 (w. e. f. 15-10-82).
7. Ins. by s. 3 ibid. (w.e.f. 15-10-1982).
8. Subs. by Act 68 of 1957, s. 2. for "the Act" (w.e.f. 1-4- 1958).
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(6) Nothing in this Act shall apply to wages payable in respect of a wage-period which, over such wage-period, average 1*[2* one thousand six hundred rupees] a month or more.
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