I11 these rules, unless there15 anything repugnant in the subject or context,— a) The Act’ means the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (IV of 1936) ;
b) 'appeal’ means, an appeal under Section 17 ;
c) ‘the uutlmrity' means the authority appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 15 ;
d) ‘the Court’means the Court mentioned in sub-section 1 of Section 17-;
A e) "Employer’ includes the persons responsible for the Payment of Wages under section 3 ;
1') ‘section’ means a section of the Act;
g) ‘Form‘ means a form appended to these rules ;
gg) ‘record of order direction’ means (1) the record of an order dismissing either wholly or in part an application made under subsection (2) of section 15 or of a direction made under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of that section keptm Form ‘F’;
h) words and expressions defined in the Act shall be deemed to have i the same meaning as in the Act.
3. Form of application—Application under Sub-section (2) of Section 15 by or on behalf of an employed person or group of employed persons shall be made'1n duplicate1n Form A, Form B or Form C, as the case may be, one copy of which shall hear such Court-fee as may _be prescribed.
4. Authorisation—The authorisation to act on behalf of an employed person or persons, under section 15, shall be given by a certificate1n Form D, shall be presented to the authority hearing the application and shall form part of the record.
5. Permission to appear—Any person desiring the permission of the authority to act on behalf of any employed person or persons shall present to the Authority a brief written . statement explaininghis interest in the matter, and the Authority shall record an order on the statement, which1n the case of refusal shall include reasons for the order, and shall incorporate itin the record
6. Presentation of documents— (1) Applications or other documents relevant to an application may be presented'1n person to the Authority at any time during hours to be fixed by the Authority, or may be sent to him by registered post.
(2) The Authority shall at once endorse, or cause to be endorsed, on each document the date of the presentation or receipt, as the case may be.
7 Refusal to entertain application—(1) The authority may refuse to entertain an application presented under rule 6 if after giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard, the Authority'issatisfied, for reasons to be recorded in writing that— a) the applicant is not entitled to present an application, or, b) the application is barred by reason of the p1ovisos in the provisos to sub-section (2) of Section 15, or 3 c) the applicant shows no sufficient cause for making a direction under Section 15.
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(2) The Authority may refuse to entertain an application which is insufliciently stamped or is otherwise incomplete and, if he so refuses, shall return it at once with an indication of the defects, if the application is presented . again after the defects have been made good, the date of presentation shall be deemed to be the date of presentation for the purposes of the provisos to sub-section (2) of Section 15.
8. Appearance of parties—(1) If the application is entertained, the Authority shall call upon the employer by a notice in Form ‘E‘ to appear before him on a specified date together with all relevant documents and witnesses, if any, and shall inform the applicant of the date so specified.
(2) If the employer or his representative fails to appear on the specified date, the Authority may proceed to hear and determine the application ex-parte.
(3) If the applicant fails to appear on the specified date, the authority may dismiss the application:
Provided that an order passed under Sub-rule (2) or Sub-rule (3) may be set—aside and the application reheard on good cause being shown within one 'month of the date of the said order, notice being served on the opposite party of the date‘fixed for rehearing. "
9. Record of ‘ proceedings ;- (l) The authority shall in all cases enter the particulars indicated in Form F and at the time of passing orders shall sign and date the Form.
(2) In a case where an appeal lies, the Authority shall record the substance of the evidence and shall append it under his signature to the record of order or direction in Form F. '