(1) An advance of wages not already earned shall not, without the previous permission of the Inspector of Labour having jurisdiction, exceed an amount equivalent to the wages earned by the employed person during the preceding two calendar months, or if he has not been employed for that period, twice the wages he is likely to earn during the subsequent calendar month.
(2) Any advance may be recovered in instalments by deductions from wages, spread over not more than twelve months:
Provided that this sub-rule shall not apply to the case of an advance made before the commencement of the Act and particulars relating to which are communicated before the expiry of one month from the date of publication of these rules in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, to the Inspector of Factories having jurisdiction over the establishment.
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(3) No instalment by which an advance is repaid shall exceed one-third, or where the wages for any wage-period are not more than twenty rupees, one-fourth of the wages for any age-period in respect of which the deduction is made.
(4) The amounts of all advances, whether made before the commencement of the Act or sanctioned after such commencement and all repayments of such advances, shall be entered in a register in 1[Form P prescribed under sub-rule (4) of rule 11]:
2[Provided that the signature or thumb-impression of the person employed shall be obtained in 1[the Register in Form P] immediately on the next working day following the last day of the month concerned.]