The Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Current legal status not independently verified. Source: Pakistan Code (single official PDF, 2026-08-21). The text below is the official Pakistan Code text as retrieved; whether it is still in force, or has since been amended or repealed, has not been independently checked.

WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of persons employed in industry; It is hereby enacted as follows:—

• Section 1: Short title, extent, commencement and application
• Section 2: Definitions. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,
• Section 3: Responsibility for payment of wages. Every employer 3[, including a contractor,] shall be
• Section 4: Fixation of wage-periods
• Section 5: Time of payment of wages
• Section 6: Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes. All wages shall be paid in current
• Section 7: Deductions which may be made from wages
• Section 8: Fines
• Section 9: Deductions for absence from duty
• Section 10: Deductions for damage or loss
• Section 11: Deductions for services rendered. A deduction under clause (d) or clause (e) of sub
• Section 12: Deductions for recovery of advances. Deductions under clause (f) of sub-section (2) of
• Section 13: Deductions for payments to co-operative societies and insurance schemes. Deductions
• Section 14: Inspectors
• Section 15: Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and
• Section 16: Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group
• Section 17: Appeal
• Section 18: Powers of authorities appointed under section 15. Every authority appointed under
• Section 19: Power to recover from employer in certain cases. When the authority referred to in
• Section 20: Penalty for offences under the Act
• Section 21: Procedure in trial of offences
• Section 22: Bar of suits. No Court shall entertain any suit for the recovery of wages or of any
• Section 23: Contracting out. Any contract or agreement, whether made before or after the
• Section 24: [Application of Act to Railways, etc.] Omitted by A. O., 1964, Art. 2 and Sch
• Section 25: Display by notice of abstracts of the Act. The person responsible for the payment of
• Section 26: Rule-making power