Section 20: Penalty for offences under the Act — Payment of Wages Act, 1936

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20. Penalty for offences under the Act.___ (1) Whoever being responsible for the payment of wages to an employed person contravenes any of the provisions of any of the following sections, namely, section 5 and sections 7 to 13, both inclusive, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. (2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4, section 6 or section 25 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.

Effective date: 1936-01-01

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