Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Power of appropriate Government to make rules.— (1) The appropriate Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may,— 1 Subs. by A.O. 1950 for “Provincial Government”. 2 Subs. by (the A.O. 1950, for “Province.” Case Law 9(3) The Punjab Minimum Wages Rules, 1950 (a) prescribe the term of office of the members, the procedure to be followed in the conduct of business, the method of voting, the manner of filling up casual vacancies in membership and the quorum necessary for the transaction of business of the committees, sub- commit tees, 1[***] and the Advisory Board; (b) prescribe the method of summoning witnesses, production of documents relevant to the subject-matter of the enquiry before the committees, sub-committees 2[***] and the Advisory Board; (c) prescribe the mode of computation of the cash value of wages in kind and of concessions in respect of supplies of essential commodities at concessional rates; (d) prescribe the time and conditions of payment of, and the deductions permissible from wages; (e) provide for giving adequate publicity to the minimum rates of wages fixed under this Act; (f) provide for a day of rest in every period sevendays and for the payment of remuneration in respect of such day; (g) prescribe the number of hours of work which shall constitute a normal working day; (h) prescribe the cases and circumstances in which an employee employed for a period of less than the requisite number of hours constituting a normal working day shall not be entitled to receive wages for a full normal working day; (i) prescribe the form of registers and records to be maintained and the particulars to be entered in such registers and records; (j) provide for the issue of wage books and wage slips and prescribe the manner of making and authenticating entries in wage books and wage slips; (k) prescribe the powers of Inspectors for purposes of this Act; (l) regulate the scale of costs that may be allowed in proceedings under section 20; 1 The words “advisory committees, advisory sub-committee’s” omitted by Act 30 of 1957, sec. 16 (w.e.f. 17-9-1957). 2 The words “advisory committees, advisory sub-committee’s” omitted by Act 30 of 1957, sec. 16 (w.e.f. 17-9-1957). (m) prescribe the amount of court-fees payable in respect of proceedings under section 20; and (n) provide for any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed. 1[30A. Rules made by the Central Government to be laid before Parliament. 2[(1)] Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall, thereafter, have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule], 3[(2) Every rule made by the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature.] 4[31. Validation of fixation of certain minimum rates of wages.—Where during the period— (a) commencing on the 1st day of April, 1952, and ending with the date of the commencement of the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act, 1954 (26 of 1954); or (b) commencing on the 31st day of December, 1954, and ending with the date of the commencement of the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act, 1957 (30 of 1957); or (c) commencing on the 31st day of December, 1959, and ending with the date of the commencement of the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act, 1961 (31 of 1961), minimum rates of wages have been fixed by an appropriate Government as being payable to employees employed in any 1 Added by Act 31 of 1961, sec. 3 (w.e.f. 28-8-1961). 2 Section 30A renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 4 of 2005, sec. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 11-1-2005). 3 Ins. by Act 4 of 2005, sec. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 11-1-2005). 4 Subs. by Act 31 of 1961, sec. 4, for section 31 (w.e.f. 28-8-1961). Earlier section 31 was inserted by Act 26 of 1954, sec. 6 (w.e.f. 20-5-1954). 9(3) The Punjab Minimum Wages Rules, 1950 employment specified in the Schedule in the belief or purported belief that such rates were being fixed under clause (a) of sub-section (!) of section 3, as in force immediately before the commencement of the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act, 1954 (26 of 1954) or the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act, 1957 (30 of 1957), or the Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act, 1961 (31 of 1961) as the case may be, such rates shall be deemed to have been fixed in accordance with law and shall not be called in question in any court on the ground merely that the relevant date specified for the purpose in that clause had expired at the time the rates were fixed: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall extend, or be construed to extend, to affect any person with any punishment or penalty whatsoever by reason of the payment by him by way of wages to any of his employees during any period specified in this section of an amount which is less than the minimum rates of wages referred to in this section or by reason of non-compliance during the period aforesaid with any order or rule issued under section 13.] THE SCHEDULE [Sec sections 2(g) and 27] PART I