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Advances: (1) An advance of wages not already earned shall not, without the previous permission of an inspector exceed an amount equivalent to the wages earned by a person during the preceding 4 calendar months or if he has not been employed for that period the wages he is likely to learn during the four subsequent calendar months. (2) The advance may be recovered in installments by deductions from wages spread over not more than 18 months. No installment shall exceed 1/4 of the wages for the wage period in respect of which the deduction is made. (3) The amounts of all advances sanctioned and the repayments thereof shall be entered in a register in form III. (4) The rate of interest charged for advances granted under sub-rule 1 of this rule shall not exceed 6 ¼ per cent per annum.